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Germanonautilus popowi

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Germanonautilus popowi was named by Sobolev (1989). Its type specimen is IGiG 759/91, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Elege Creek, Indigirka River, which is in a Lacian marine siliciclastic in the Russian Federation.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Germanonautilus popowi Sobolev p. 42 figs. Pl 6, fig 1; pl 10, fig 4; text-figs 19,20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderTainoceratinaShimansky 1964
superfamilyTainoceratoidea(Hyatt 1883)
familyTainoceratidaeHyatt 1883
genusGermanonautilus
speciespopowi

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 popowi Sobolev 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height148.0
shell diameter192.5
shell inflation117.5

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: base of the Tuvalian to the top of the Lacian or 233.60000 to 215.38000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Russian Federation Germanonautilus popowi (124632 166555 166556)
Tuvalian - Lacian233.6 - 215.38Russian Federation Germanonautilus popowi (166557 166563 166564 166565 166566)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38Russian Federation Germanonautilus popowi (type locality: 166554)