Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae
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 Paranautilus according to A. Parnes 1986
Sister taxa: Paranautilus anisi, Paranautilus asiaticus, Paranautilus brembanus, Paranautilus bullockii, Paranautilus expansus, Paranautilus indifferens, Paranautilus karczi, Paranautilus modestus, Paranautilus peregrinus, Paranautilus sibylloides, Paranautilus simonyi, Paranautilus smithi, Paranautilus sphaeroidalis, Paranautilus tommasii
Type specimen: Geological Survey of Israel, M-5238. Its type locality is Makhtesh Ramon (Gevanim Fm., middle member), which is in a Pelsonian marine sandstone/shale in the Gevanim Formation of Israel.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Makhtesh Ramon (Gevanim Fm., middle member)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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