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Pleuronautilus shumardianus

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Foordiceras shumardianum was named by Girty (1909).

It was recombined as Pleuronautilus shumardianus by Shimanskiy (1967).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. patens, P. striatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Foordiceras shumardianum Girty p. 497 figs. Pl 9, figs 26-27a
1949Foordiceras shumardianum Miller and Youngquist p. 103 figs. Pl 42, figs 4-7
1967Pleuronautilus shumardianus Shimanskiy p. 93

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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
speciesshumardianus()

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
valve diameter132.2

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: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Foordiceras shumardianum (108812)