Angulithes cassinianus Foord and Crick 1890 (nautiloid)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Alternative combination: Nautilus (Hercoglossa) cassinianus

Full reference: A. H. Foord and G. C. Crick. 1890. On some new and imperfectly-defined species of Jurassic, Cretaceous, and Tertiary Nautili contained in the British Museum (Natural History). The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Sixth Series 6:388-409

Belongs to Angulithes according to B. Kummel 1956

See also Foord and Crick 1890

Sister taxa: Angulithes aegyptiacus, Angulithes calvimontensis, Angulithes disculus, Angulithes eliotti, Angulithes fleuriausianus, Angulithes galea, Angulithes mermeti, Angulithes monqarensis, Angulithes rugatus, Angulithes vascogoticus, Angulithes westphalicus

Type specimen: BMNH 71003, a shell

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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