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Ophionautilus burtonensis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Cenoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus burtonensis was named by Foord and Crick (1890). It is the type species of Ophionautilus.

It was recombined as Cenoceras burtonensis by Kummel (1956); it was recombined as Ophionautilus burtonensis by Tinant (1987), Rulleau (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Nautilus burtonensis Foord and Crick p. 288 fig. 17
1956Cenoceras burtonensis Kummel p. 371 figs. Pl 6, figs 1,2
1987Ophionautilus burtonensis Tinant p. 84 figs. Pl 3, figs 1,2; pl 5, fig 3; text-fig 10
2008Ophionautilus burtonensis Rulleau p. 61 figs. Pl 33, fig 1; text-fig 9/11

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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)
familyCenoceratidaeTinant and Kabamba 1983
genusOphionautilus
speciesburtonensis(Foord and Crick 1890)

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.

†Ophionautilus burtonensis Foord and Crick 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height192.0
shell diameter1180.0
shell inflation141.0

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 Murchisonae to the top of the Bathonian or 174.70000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Murchisonae174.7 - 170.9France Ophionautilus burtonensis (167446)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Saudi Arabia Ophionautilus burtonensis (45301)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2United Kingdom Cenoceras burtonensis (170326)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia Ophionautilus burtonensis (48299 48302)