Heminautilus stantoni Scott 1940 (nautiloid)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Cenoceratidae

Alternative combination: Vorticoceras stantoni

Belongs to Heminautilus according to C. Baudouin et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Heminautilus boselliorum, Heminautilus etheringtoni, Heminautilus japonicus, Heminautilus lallierianus, Heminautilus rangei, Heminautilus sanctaecrucis, Heminautilus saxbii, Heminautilus tyosiensis

Type specimen: USNM 103260, a shell

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 114.0

Distribution: found only at M15, near Murfreesboro (Cretaceous of Arkansas)

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