Pleuronautilus ambiguus Arthaber 1896 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Pleuronautilidae

Full reference: G. Arthaber. 1896. Die Cephalopodenfauna der Reiflinger Kalke. Beiträge zur Paläontologie und Geologie Österreich-Ungarns und des Orients 10:1-111

Belongs to Pleuronautilus according to G. Arthaber 1896

Sister taxa: Pleuronautilus alaskensis, Pleuronautilus ampezzanus, Pleuronautilus changxingensis, Pleuronautilus chisatoi, Pleuronautilus cooperi, Pleuronautilus cornaliae, Pleuronautilus crassescens, Pleuronautilus distinctus, Pleuronautilus esinensis, Pleuronautilus furcatus, Pleuronautilus gaudryi, Pleuronautilus gregarius, Pleuronautilus latissimus, Pleuronautilus lepsiusi, Pleuronautilus linchengense, Pleuronautilus loczyi, Pleuronautilus magnicostatus, Pleuronautilus magnus, Pleuronautilus marmolatae, Pleuronautilus megaporus, Pleuronautilus mosis, Pleuronautilus multicostatus, Pleuronautilus mutatus, Pleuronautilus narcissae, Pleuronautilus oenanus, Pleuronautilus ornatus, Pleuronautilus pichleri, Pleuronautilus praecursor, Pleuronautilus ptychoides, Pleuronautilus qinghaianus, Pleuronautilus russkiensis, Pleuronautilus scabiosus, Pleuronautilus seminodosus, Pleuronautilus shumardianus, Pleuronautilus stautei, Pleuronautilus subgemmatus, Pleuronautilus sumatrensis, Pleuronautilus tibeticus, Pleuronautilus trinodosus, Pleuronautilus tschichatscheffi, Pleuronautilus venustus, Pleuronautilus yahagiensis, Pleuronautilus zhongyingensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tiefengraben (Arthaber section), which is in a Pelsonian/Illyrian carbonate limestone in the Gutenstein Formation of Austria

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Tiefengraben (Arthaber section)

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