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Eutrephoceras subrotundum

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus subrotundus was named by Crick (1898). Its type specimen is BMNH C.3183, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sherborne, Sauzei zone, which is in a Sauzei marine horizon in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Cenoceras subrotundus by Kummel (1956); it was recombined as Eutrephoceras subrotundum by Tinant (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Nautilus subrotundus Crick p. 134 fig. 12
1956Cenoceras subrotundus Kummel p. 376
1987Eutrephoceras subrotundum Tinant p. 122 figs. Pl 15, fig 2; text-fig 32

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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
genusEutrephoceras
speciessubrotundum()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height158.0
shell diameter199.0
shell inflation15.50

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 2004, Kiessling 2003, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Sauzei or 170.90000 to 168.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sauzei170.9 - 168.2United Kingdom Nautilus subrotundus (171172)