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Deltoidonautilus caheni

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae

Taxonomy
Deltoidonautilus caheni was named by Miller (1951). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bed 31, Landana, Kabinda, which is in a Lutetian open shallow subtidal packstone in the Landana Formation of Angola.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Deltoidonautilus caheni Miller p. 51 figs. Pl 14, fig 1; pl 15, figs 1,2; pl 16, figs 1,2; pl 17, figs 1-4
1956Deltoidonautilus caheni Miller and Carpenter p. 43 figs. pl. 3, fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyHercoglossidaeSpath 1927
genusDeltoidonautilusSpath 1927
speciescaheni

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.

Deltoidonautilus caheni Miller 1951
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Congo-Kinshasa Deltoidonautilus caheni (83992)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Angola Deltoidonautilus caheni (83987)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Angola Deltoidonautilus caheni (type locality: 83988)