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Pseudaganides aganiticus

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Pseudonautilidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus aganiticus was named by Schlotheim (1820). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Villecomte, Lothringen, which is in an Oxfordian carbonate limestone in France.

It was recombined as Nautilus (Pseudaganides) aganiticus by Jeannet (1951); it was recombined as Pseudaganides aganiticus by Kummel (1956), Branger (2024), Jain et al. (2024).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Nautilus aganiticus Schlotheim
1914Nautilus aganiticus von Loesch p. 94 figs. Pl 15, figs 1,2
1951Nautilus (Pseudaganides) aganiticus Jeannet p. 19 figs. Pl 1, fig 4; pl 2, figs 4,5; text-figs 42-44
1956Pseudaganides aganiticus Kummel p. 395
2024Pseudaganides aganiticus Branger p. 487 figs. 14C1-C3
2024Pseudaganides aganiticus Jain et al. p. 1512 fig. 14

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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)
familyPseudonautilidae
genusPseudaganidesSpath 1927
speciesaganiticus(Schlotheim 1820)

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.

Pseudaganides aganiticus Schlotheim 1820
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height335.123.546.040.011.7
shell diameter361.838.083.075.024.0
shell inflation35.945.007.006.001.00

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 Middle Callovian to the top of the Late/Upper Oxfordian or 165.30000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5France Pseudaganides aganiticus (237562)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France Nautilus aganiticus (type locality: 171484 171485)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Nautilus aganiticus (171486 171559 171561)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Poland Pseudaganides aganiticus (235871 235872)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France Nautilus aganiticus (171487)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland Pseudaganides aganiticus (235873)