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Pleuronautilus magnus

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Pleuronautilus magnus was named by Zheng (1984). Its type specimen is NIGP 34378 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Heilajia Section HP2-2, Langdai County, 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
1984Pleuronautilus magnus Zheng p. 245 figs. Pl 3, figs 15,16

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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
speciesmagnus

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 magnus Zheng 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height143.0
shell diameter1107.5
shell inflation155.0

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: Changhsingian or 254.17000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guizhou) Pleuronautilus magnus (type locality: 121701)