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 coronatiformae, Temnocheilus crassus, Temnocheilus grewingki, Temnocheilus harneri, Temnocheilus imazighenorum, Temnocheilus morloti, Temnocheilus multituberculatum, Temnocheilus neumayri, Temnocheilus winslowi

Type specimen: PIMUZ 93511, a shell. Its type locality is East and south-east of Rissani, which is in an Asbian marine horizon in the Mougoui Ayoun Formation of Morocco.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 54.2

Distribution: found only at East and south-east of Rissani

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.