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Nikenautilus

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Temnocheilidae

Taxonomy
Nikenautilus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Nautilida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Temnocheilidae by Korn (2025).

Species
N. beleuthensis, N. vultur
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Nikenautilus Sepkoski
2025Nikenautilus Korn p. 27

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderTemnocheilinaFlower 1963
superfamilyTrigonoceratoidea(Hyatt 1884)
familyTemnocheilidaeMojsisovics 1902
genusNikenautilus

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.

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†Nikenautilus beleuthensis Shimansky 1957
†Nikenautilus vultur Shimanskiy 1967
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height214.014.014.014.0-
shell diameter234.534.035.034.50.707
shell inflation211.511.012.011.50.707

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Serpukhovian or 330.30000 to 323.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4Kazakhstan N. vultur (166286 166297) Vestinautilus beleuthensis (166308)