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Pleuronautilus russkiensis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Pleuronautilus russkiensis was named by Zakharov (1978). Its type specimen is BPI 90/801 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chernyshev Bay, Russkiy Island, which is in a Spathian marine sandstone in the Russian Federation.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Pleuronautilus russkiensis Zakharov p. 174 figs. Pl 1, fig 1

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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
speciesrusskiensis

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 russkiensis Zakharov 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height131.0
shell diameter159.0
shell inflation112.0

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: Spathian or 248.10000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Russian Federation Pleuronautilus russkiensis (type locality: 127714)