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Germanonautilus salinarius

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus salinarius was named by von Mojsisovics (1882). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Schreyeralm (Geol Reichsanstalt coll), which is in an Illyrian carbonate limestone in the Schreyeralm Formation of Austria.

It was recombined as Germanonautilus salinarius by Diener (1907), Parnes (1986), Vörös (2001), Niedźwiedzki et al. (2021) and Vörös et al. (2022).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Nautilus salinarius von Mojsisovics p. 282 figs. Pl 91, fig 3
1907Germanonautilus salinarius Diener
1937Nautilus gorasdzensis Assmann p. 99 figs. Pl 19, fig 1
1986Germanonautilus salinarius Parnes
2001Germanonautilus salinarius Vörös p. 8 figs. Pl 2, fig 6; text-fig 6
2021Germanonautilus salinarius Niedźwiedzki et al. p. 5 figs. 4A-F
2022Germanonautilus salinarius Vörös et al. p. 706 figs. Pl 1, fig 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderTainoceratinaShimansky 1964
superfamilyTrigonoceratoidea(Hyatt 1884)
familyTainoceratidaeHyatt 1883
genusGermanonautilus
speciessalinarius()

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.

Germanonautilus salinarius von Mojsisovics 1882
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Invalid names: Nautilus gorasdzensis Assmann 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height329.126.532.928.23.32
shell diameter365.764.168.564.52.43
shell inflation317.216.818.016.90.666

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: Aegean or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean247.2 - 242.0Poland Germanonautilus salinarius (222788)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Germanonautilus salinarius (206206)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Austria (Innsbruck) Germanonautilus salinarius (202274)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Austria Nautilus salinarius (type locality: 136996)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Israel (Negev) Germanonautilus salinarius (214649)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Hungary Germanonautilus salinarius (91933 91940 91962 228211)