Acanthonautilus permicus Shchedukhin 2024 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Solenochilidae

Full reference: A. Y. Shchedukhin. 2024. New species of the genus Acanthonautilus (Solenochilidae, Nautilida) from the Early Permian Shakhtau Reef (Cis-Urals). Paleontological Journal 58:506-515

Belongs to Acanthonautilus according to A. Y. Shchedukhin 2024

Sister taxon: Acanthonautilus grandis

Type specimen: PIN 5668/230, 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 104.5

Distribution: found only at Shakh-Tau Shikhan

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