Germanonautilus salinarius von Mojsisovics 1882

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Alternative combination: Nautilus salinarius

Synonym: Nautilus gorasdzensis Assmann 1937

Full reference: E. von Mojsisovics. 1882. Die Cephalopoden der Mediterranen Triasprovinz. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 10:1-322

Belongs to Germanonautilus according to A. Vörös et al. 2022

See also Diener 1907, Niedźwiedzki et al. 2021, Parnes 1986, von Mojsisovics 1882 and Vörös 2001

Sister taxa: Ammonites acis, Cyrtocera linearis, Germanonautilus anceps, Germanonautilus bartovi, Germanonautilus bidorsatus, Germanonautilus breunneri, Germanonautilus brooksi, Germanonautilus bytschkovi, Germanonautilus cassianus, Germanonautilus dolomiticus, Germanonautilus ellipticus, Germanonautilus furlongi, Germanonautilus johnstoni, Germanonautilus klipsteini, Germanonautilus kyotanii, Germanonautilus popowi, Germanonautilus schloenbachi, Germanonautilus sibiricus, Germanonautilus tridorsatus, Nautilus tertius

Type specimens:

  • Germanonautilus salinarius: Its type locality is Schreyeralm (Geol Reichsanstalt coll), which is in an Illyrian carbonate limestone in the Schreyeralm Formation of Austria
  • Nautilus gorasdzensis:

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 65.7

Distribution:

• Triassic of Austria (2 collections), Hungary (4), India (1), Israel (1), Poland (1)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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