Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Nautilus klipsteini, Tainoceras klipsteini, Trematodiscus klipsteini
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 M. Urlichs 2000
See also Kamoun et al. 1994, Parnes 1986, Parnes et al. 1985 and von Mojsisovics 1882
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 kyotanii, Germanonautilus popowi, Germanonautilus salinarius, Germanonautilus schloenbachi, Germanonautilus sibiricus, Germanonautilus tridorsatus, Nautilus tertius
Type specimen: GBA 1882/03/317, a shell. Its type locality is Stuores meadow near San Cassiano (GBA coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 61.6
Distribution:
• Triassic of Israel (1 collection), Italy (10), Tunisia (1)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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