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Paracenoceras giganteum
Taxonomy
Nautilus giganteus was named by d'Orbigny (1843). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.B48671 and is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Paracenoceras giganteus by Kummel (1956); it was recombined as Paracenoceras giganteum by Enay et al. (1994), Halder and Bardhan (1996).
It was recombined as Paracenoceras giganteus by Kummel (1956); it was recombined as Paracenoceras giganteum by Enay et al. (1994), Halder and Bardhan (1996).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1842 | Nautilus giganteus d'Orbigny p. 163 figs. Pl. 36 |
| 1843 | Nautilus giganteus d'Orbigny p. 163 figs. Pl. 36, Fig 1,2 |
| 1914 | Nautilus giganteus von Loesch p. 134 |
| 1956 | Paracenoceras giganteus Kummel p. 407 |
| 1994 | Paracenoceras giganteum Enay et al. p. 38 |
| 1996 | Paracenoceras giganteum Halder and Bardhan p. 26 figs. 3, 5E-G |
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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.
†Paracenoceras giganteum d'Orbigny 1843
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| shell height | 1 | 64.0 | |||||
| shell diameter | 1 | 109.0 | |||||
| shell inflation | 1 | 10.0 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Callovian to the top of the Kimmeridgian or 165.30000 to 149.20000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Callovian | Madagascar | Nautilus giganteus (98122 98155) | |
| Late/Upper Callovian | France | Nautilus giganteus (171497) | |
| Oxfordian | India (Gujarat) | Paracenoceras giganteum (167389 167390) | |
| Oxfordian | Egypt | Nautilus giganteus (171262) | |
| Kimmeridgian | France | Nautilus giganteus (171498) |