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Deltoidonautilus molli

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus molli was named by Douvillé (1920) [DISTRIBUTION: Paleogene; western and eastern Africa.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Deltoidonautilus molli by Miller (1951), Haas and Miller (1952).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Nautilus molli Douvillé p. 139 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2
1951Deltoidonautilus molli Miller p. 57 figs. Pl 24, figs 3,4; pl 25, figs 1,2; pl 26, figs 1,2; pl 27, fig 7
1952Deltoidonautilus molli Haas and Miller p. 339

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyHercoglossidaeSpath 1927
genusDeltoidonautilusSpath 1927
speciesmolli()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Deltoidonautilus molli Douvillé 1920
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height464.746.080.069.014.3
shell diameter4116.382.0150.0122.028.0
shell inflation411.46.0020.012.05.80

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Lutetian or 59.24000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene - Ypresian66.0 - 48.07Niger Nautilus molli (83986)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0Mali Deltoidonautilus molli (209366) Nautilus molli (209395)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Niger Nautilus molli (83985)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Somalia Deltoidonautilus molli (81764)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03Senegal Deltoidonautilus molli (83967)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Senegal Deltoidonautilus molli (83962 83966)