Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Belongs to Nautilus according to P. D. Ward et al. 2016
See also Saunders et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Nautilus (Discites), Nautilus (Discus), Nautilus altifrons, Nautilus alumnus, Nautilus angustatus, Nautilus averilli, Nautilus bajocensis, Nautilus balcombensis, Nautilus bambanagensis, Nautilus butonensis, Nautilus calciferus, Nautilus campbelli, Nautilus cancellatus, Nautilus carolinus, Nautilus cookana, Nautilus decurrens, Nautilus dolerus, Nautilus gabbi, Nautilus geelongensis, Nautilus inequalis, Nautilus izumoensis, Nautilus javanus, Nautilus longobardicus, Nautilus macromphalus, Nautilus modestus, Nautilus occidentalis, Nautilus palladii, Nautilus polyplocus, Nautilus pompilius, Nautilus propinquus, Nautilus repertus, Nautilus reticulatus, Nautilus scrobiculatus, Nautilus sphaericus, Nautilus stenomphalus, Nautilus subcarolinus, Nautilus taiwanus, Nautilus texanus, Nautilus tintoretti, Nautilus triangularis, Nautilus tubercularis, Nautilus undulatus, Nautilus wanneri, Nautilus winslowi
Type specimen: PIN 1264/1, a shell. Its type locality is North Precipice, Ustjurt Plateau, which is in a Priabonian offshore siliciclastic in the Chegan Formation of Kazakhstan.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 57.8
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Kazakhstan (1 collection)
• Eocene of Kazakhstan (2)
• Paleocene of Australia (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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