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Solenochilus auriculus

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Solenochilidae

Taxonomy
Solenochilus auriculus was named by Zhao (1954). Its type specimen is IGAS 7142 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Changlingpu, Tanchiashan, Xiangtan County (Chao coll), which is in a Kungurian coastal mudstone in China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. jackense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Solenochilus auriculus Zhao p. 15 figs. Pl 5, figs 16,17; text-fig 1
1977Solenochilus auriculus Xu p. 543 figs. Pl 204, fig 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyAipoceratoidea(Hyatt 1883)
familySolenochilidaeHyatt 1883
genusSolenochilus()
speciesauriculus

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
partNmean
shell diameter123.0

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China Solenochilus auriculus (type locality: 66112)