Nautilus altifrons Chapman 1915 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Alternative combination: Eutrephoceras altifrons

Full reference: F. Chapman. 1915. New or little-known Victorian fossils in the National Museum. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 27:350-361

Belongs to Nautilus according to J. L. Goedert et al. 2022

See also Chapman 1915, Kummel 1956 and McGowran 1959

Sister taxa: Nautilus (Discites), Nautilus (Discus), Nautilus alumnus, Nautilus angustatus, Nautilus averilli, Nautilus bajocensis, Nautilus balcombensis, Nautilus bambanagensis, Nautilus butonensis, Nautilus calciferus, Nautilus campbelli, Nautilus cancellatus, Nautilus carolinus, Nautilus cookana, Nautilus decurrens, Nautilus dolerus, Nautilus gabbi, Nautilus geelongensis, Nautilus inequalis, Nautilus izumoensis, Nautilus javanus, Nautilus longobardicus, Nautilus macromphalus, Nautilus modestus, Nautilus occidentalis, Nautilus palladii, Nautilus polyplocus, Nautilus pompilius, Nautilus praepompilius, Nautilus propinquus, Nautilus repertus, Nautilus reticulatus, Nautilus scrobiculatus, Nautilus sphaericus, Nautilus stenomphalus, Nautilus subcarolinus, Nautilus taiwanus, Nautilus texanus, Nautilus tintoretti, Nautilus triangularis, Nautilus tubercularis, Nautilus undulatus, Nautilus wanneri, Nautilus winslowi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Murray River Cliffs (probably near Blanchetown), which is in a Langhian carbonate limestone in Australia

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 225.0

Distribution:

• Miocene of Australia (10 collections)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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