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Temnocheilus multituberculatum

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Temnocheilidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus multituberculatus was named by Waagen (1879). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Amb, very highest beds of Productus-limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Changhsingian coastal sandstone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan.

It was recombined as Foordiceras multituberculatum by Hyatt (1893); it was recombined as Temnocheilus multituberculatum by Miller and Unklesbay (1942); it was recombined as Temnocheilus multituberculatus by Reed (1944).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. ornatus, T. triserialis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Nautilus multituberculatus Waagen p. 51 figs. Pl 6, fig 5
1893Foordiceras multituberculatum Hyatt p. 393
1942Temnocheilus multituberculatum Miller and Unklesbay p. 722
1944Temnocheilus multituberculatus Reed p. 359 figs. Pl 65, fig 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderTainoceratinaShimansky 1964
superfamilyTemnocheilaceaeMojsisovics 1902
familyTemnocheilidaeMojsisovics 1902
genusTemnocheilus
speciesmultituberculatum()

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height213.412.015.013.52.12
shell diameter241.540.043.041.52.12
shell inflation218.917.021.019.02.83

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: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Changhsingian or 283.30000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China Temnocheilus multituberculatus (66112)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Pakistan Temnocheilus multituberculatus (126451 126999)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902Pakistan Temnocheilus multituberculatus (127015)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Pakistan Nautilus multituberculatus (type locality: 81504)