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Ophionautilus catonis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Cenoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus catonis was named by Gemmellaro (1886). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fontana Difali, Monte Erice (Gemmellaro collection), which is in a Toarcian/Aalenian carbonate limestone in Italy.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Nautilus catonis Gemmellaro p. 206 fig. 50
1901Nautilus catonis Tagliarini p. 190 figs. Pl 4, fig 1; pl 5, fig 1
1956Cenoceras catonis Kummel p. 373
1987Ophionautilus catonis Tinant p. 86 figs. Pl 4, figs 1,2; text-fig 11
2008Ophionautilus catonis Rulleau p. 62 figs. Pl 33, fig 2; pl 34, fig 1; text-fig 9/9

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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
speciescatonis()

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 catonis Gemmellaro 1886
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height265.153.080.066.519.1
shell diameter2116.597.0140.0118.530.4
shell inflation215.313.018.015.53.54

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

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Toarcian - Aalenian180.4 - 170.9Italy Nautilus catonis (type locality: 171174)
Murchisonae174.7 - 170.9France Ophionautilus catonis (167446 167453)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia Ophionautilus catonis (48302 48303 48314 48477 48478)