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Paranautilus asiaticus

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae

Taxonomy
Paranautilus asiaticus was named by Sobolev (1989). Its type specimen is IGiG 759/248, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Levaya Popozhistaya River, Gizhiga Basin, which is in a Tuvalian/Lacian marine siliciclastic in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Paranautilus asiaticus Sobolev p. 87 figs. Pl 31, fig 1; text-fig 48, 49e-g

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyClydonautiloidea(Hyatt in Zittel 1900)
familyLiroceratidae
genusParanautilusMojsisovics 1902
speciesasiaticus

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.

†Paranautilus asiaticus Sobolev 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height171.1
shell diameter1115.5
shell inflation16.20

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 232.00000 to 215.56000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tuvalian - Lacian232.0 - 215.56Russian Federation Paranautilus asiaticus (type locality: 81845)