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Grypoceras quadrangulum

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Grypoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus quadrangulus was named by Beyrich (1866).

It was recombined as Grypoceras quadrangulum by Parnes (1986), Pérez-Valera et al. (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Nautilus quadrangulus Beyrich p. 671
1882Nautilus quadrangulus von Mojsisovics
1986Grypoceras quadrangulum Parnes
2017Grypoceras quadrangulum Pérez-Valera et al. p. 179 fig. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderTainoceratinaShimansky 1964
superfamilyTrigonoceratoidea(Hyatt 1884)
familyGrypoceratidaeHyatt 1900
genusGrypocerasHyatt 1883
speciesquadrangulum(Beyrich 1866)

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.

Grypoceras quadrangulum Beyrich 1866
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Illyrian to the top of the Fassanian or 243.33000 to 239.48000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Italy Nautilus quadrangulus (136184)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Austria (Tyrol) Nautilus quadrangulus (211799)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Israel (Negev) Grypoceras quadrangulum (214650)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Austria Nautilus quadrangulus (136996)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Italy (Trentino) Nautilus quadrangulus (211765)
Fassanian241.464 - 239.48Spain Grypoceras quadrangulum (184217 184224)