Paranautilus anisi Arthaber 1896 (nautiloid)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae

Alternative combination: Nautilus anisi

Full reference: G. Arthaber. 1896. Die Cephalopodenfauna der Reiflinger Kalke. II. Abtheilung: Die Fauna des Fundortes “Rahnbauerkogel”. Beiträge zur Paläontologie und Geologie Österreich-Ungarns und des Orients 10:192-242

Belongs to Paranautilus according to B. Kummel 1953

See also Arthaber 1896

Sister taxa: Paranautilus asiaticus, Paranautilus brembanus, Paranautilus bullockii, Paranautilus expansus, Paranautilus indifferens, Paranautilus karczi, Paranautilus modestus, Paranautilus nodatus, Paranautilus peregrinus, Paranautilus sibylloides, Paranautilus simonyi, Paranautilus smithi, Paranautilus sphaeroidalis, Paranautilus tommasii

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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