†Shikhanonautilus compressus Shchedukhin 2023 (mollusk)
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Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae
Full reference: A. Y. Shchedukhin. 2023. New data on the genus Shikhanonautilus (Liroceratidae, Nautilida) from the Early Permian Shakhtau Reef. Paleontological Journal 57:500-506
Belongs to Shikhanonautilus according to A. Y. Shchedukhin 2023
Sister taxon: Shikhanonautilus siphonoventralis
Type specimen: PIN 5668/221, a shell. Its type locality is Shakh-Tau Shikhan, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Russian Federation.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 97.4
Distribution: found only at Shakh-Tau Shikhan
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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