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Germanonautilus kyotanii

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Germanonautilus kyotanii was named by Nakazawa (1959). Its type specimen is JM 3002, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. goniatites

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Germanonautilus kyotanii Nakazawa p. 129 figs. Pl 11, fig 1; text-fig 2
1961Grypoceras buriji Kiparisova p. 21 figs. Pl 3, fig 1; pl 4, fig 1
1989Germanonautilus kyotanii Sobolev p. 40 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-4; pl 5, fig 1; text-figs 17,18

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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
genusGermanonautilus
specieskyotaniiNakazawa 1959

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.

†Germanonautilus kyotanii Nakazawa 1959
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Invalid names: Grypoceras buriji Kiparisova 1961 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height341.225.574.137.025.4
shell diameter376.046.0141.267.549.9
shell inflation311.27.0020.010.06.81

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 Alaunian to the top of the Norian or 215.56000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Russian Federation Germanonautilus kyotanii (166546 166569)
Lacian - Alaunian221.5 - 212.0Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) Grypoceras buriji (97824)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Russian Federation Germanonautilus kyotanii (166543 166544 166545 166547 166548 166550 166551 166552 166553)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Russian Federation Germanonautilus kyotanii (166549)