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Pleuronautilus changxingensis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Pleuronautilus changxingensis was named by Zhao et al. (1978) [Probably at Nanjing Institute of Geol. and Paleo.]. Its type specimen is NIGP 14808 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Meishan Section, Meishan Mb Bed 4, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. patens, P. striatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Pleuronautilus changxingensis Zhao et al. p. 6 figs. Pl 33, figs 1,2
1992Pleuronautilus changxingensis Shimanskiy p. 80 figs. Pl 1, figs 3,4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderTainoceratinaShimansky 1964
superfamilyTrigonoceratoidea(Hyatt 1884)
familyTainoceratidaeHyatt 1883
genusPleuronautilus
specieschangxingensis

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.

†Pleuronautilus changxingensis Zhao et al. 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height237.131.044.537.89.55
shell diameter2105.479.0140.7109.843.6
shell inflation241.227.063.045.025.5

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 Artinskian to the top of the Changhsingian or 290.10000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Tajikistan Pleuronautilus changxingensis (95472)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Tajikistan Pleuronautilus changxingensis (95473 95474)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Zhejiang) Pleuronautilus changxingensis (type locality: 121648)