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Nautilus geelongensis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus geelongensis was named by Foord (1891). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Near Geelong, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Australia.

It was recombined as Eutrephoceras geelongensis by Kummel (1956) and McGowran (1959).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. calloviensis, N. concavus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Nautilus geelongensis Foord p. 332 fig. 69
1915Nautilus geelongensis Chapman p. 354 figs. Pl 4, figs 7-9
1956Eutrephoceras geelongensis Kummel p. 335
1959Eutrephoceras geelongensis McGowran p. 437 figs. Pl 64, figs 1,2; pl 66, figs 3,4; text-figs 2-5,9
2022Nautilus geelongensis Goedert et al. p. 6

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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
genusNautilus
speciesgeelongensis

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.

†Nautilus geelongensis Foord 1891
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Serravallian or 15.97000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Nautilus geelongensis (179951)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Australia (Western Australia) Eutrephoceras geelongensis (171278)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Australia (South Australia) Eutrephoceras geelongensis (171279 171280 171281 171283) Nautilus geelongensis (179949)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Nautilus geelongensis (type locality: 180211)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Australia (Victoria) Eutrephoceras geelongensis (171282) Nautilus geelongensis (179950)