Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Full reference: A. Parnes. 1986. Middle Triassic Cephalopods from the Negev (Israel) and Sinai (Egypt). Geological Survey of Israel Bulletin 79:9-56
Belongs to Germanonautilus according to A. Parnes 1986
Sister taxa: Ammonites acis, Cyrtocera linearis, Germanonautilus anceps, Germanonautilus bidorsatus, Germanonautilus breunneri, Germanonautilus brooksi, Germanonautilus bytschkovi, Germanonautilus cassianus, Germanonautilus dolomiticus, Germanonautilus ellipticus, Germanonautilus furlongi, Germanonautilus johnstoni, Germanonautilus klipsteini, Germanonautilus kyotanii, Germanonautilus popowi, Germanonautilus salinarius, Germanonautilus schloenbachi, Germanonautilus sibiricus, Germanonautilus tridorsatus, Nautilus tertius
Type specimen: Geological Survey of Israel, M-7904. Its type locality is Araif en-Naqa (Saharonim Fm., upper Fossiliferous Limestone Mb.), which is in a Fassanian carbonate limestone in the Saharonim Formation of Egypt.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Egypt (1 collection), Israel (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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