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Belmonticeras subsinuatum

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus subsinuatus was named by d'Orbigny (1850).

It was recombined as Pseudaganides subsinuatus by Kummel (1956); it was recombined as Belmonticeras subsinuatum by Rulleau (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Nautilus sinuatus Sowerby p. 231 figs. Pl 194
1850Nautilus subsinuatus d'Orbigny p. 260
1898Nautilus subsinuatus Crick p. 124 fig. 6,7
1906Nautilus vigilii Prinz
1956Pseudaganides subsinuatus Kummel p. 397
2008Belmonticeras subsinuatum Rulleau p. 56 figs. Pl 23, 24, 25; text-fig 9/1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyNautilidaede Blainville 1825
genusBelmonticeras
speciessubsinuatum(d'Orbigny 1850)

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.

†Belmonticeras subsinuatum d'Orbigny 1850
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Invalid names: Nautilus sinuatus Sowerby 1818 [replaced], Nautilus vigilii Prinz 1906 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height883.943.0129.088.523.5
shell diameter8140.374.0210.0149.037.1
shell inflation813.88.0025.013.84.82

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:10:59
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:59
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Toarcian to the top of the Early/Lower Bajocian or 180.10000 to 168.40000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6France Belmonticeras subsinuatum (167440 167441 167450)
Opalinum175.6 - 171.6France Belmonticeras subsinuatum (167445 167449 167451)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4United Kingdom Nautilus subsinuatus (171171)
Parkinsoni171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom (England) Nautilus subsinuatus (171170)