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Librovitschiceras atuberculatum

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aipoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus atuberculatus was named by Tzwetaev (1888). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Devyatovo, Desna River, Podmoskovye, which is in a Podolskian marine horizon in the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Librovitschiceras.

It was recombined as Librovitschiceras atuberculatum by Shimanskiy (1967).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Nautilus atuberculatus Tzwetaev p. 13 figs. Pl 1, fig 6
1967Librovitschiceras atuberculatum Shimanskiy p. 70 fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyAipoceratoidea(Hyatt 1883)
familyAipoceratidaeHyatt 1883
genusLibrovitschicerasShimanskiy 1957
speciesatuberculatum(Tzwetaev 1888)

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 height119.0
shell diameter150.0
shell inflation120.0

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: Podolskian or 311.45000 to 309.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Podolskian311.45 - 309.0Russian Federation Nautilus atuberculatus (166283)