Nautilus averilli Anderson 1938 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1938. Lower Cretaceous deposits in California and Oregon. Geological Society of America Special Paper 16:1-331

Belongs to Nautilus according to F. M. Anderson 1938

Sister taxa: Nautilus (Discites), Nautilus (Discus), Nautilus altifrons, Nautilus alumnus, Nautilus angustatus, 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 praepompilius, 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: Its type locality is CIT loc1347, Roaring River, which is in a Turonian/Coniacian marine horizon in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Nautilus averilli in the database

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