Anglonautilus farringdonensis Sharpe 1854 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Alternative combination: Nautilus farringdonensis

Full reference: D. Sharpe. 1854. On the age of the fossiliferous sands and gravels of Farringdon and its neighbourhood. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 10:176-198

Belongs to Anglonautilus according to J. Lehmann et al. 2017

See also Sharpe 1854

Sister taxa: Anglonautilus begudensis, Anglonautilus catarinae, Anglonautilus dorsoplicatus, Anglonautilus hewaidyi, Anglonautilus japonicus, Anglonautilus mamiyai, Anglonautilus praeundulatus, Anglonautilus subalbensis, Anglonautilus undulatus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Boutcher's pit, Farringdon (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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