Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Temnocheilidae
Full reference: D. Korn and C. Klug. 2023. Early Carboniferous coiled nautiloids from the Anti-Atlas (Morocco). European Journal of Taxonomy 885:156-194
Belongs to Temnocheilus according to D. Korn and C. Klug 2023
Sister taxa: Nautilus (Temnocheilus) suevicus, Temnocheilus aubrechtovae, Temnocheilus coronatiformae, Temnocheilus crassus, Temnocheilus grewingki, Temnocheilus harneri, Temnocheilus morloti, Temnocheilus multituberculatum, Temnocheilus neumayri, Temnocheilus winslowi
Type specimen: MfN MB.C.31291, a shell. Its type locality is GI-A, Gara el Itima (Ebbighausen/Korn 2004 collection), which is in a Brigantian basinal (siliciclastic) sandstone/limestone in the Zrigat Formation of Morocco.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 105.5
Distribution: found only at GI-A, Gara el Itima (Ebbighausen/Korn 2004 collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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