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Nautellipsites ovatus

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Muensteroceratidae

Taxonomy
Ellipsolithes ovatus was named by Sowerby (1813). It is not extant. Its type specimen is BMNH 43872a. It is the type species of Nautellipsites.

It was recombined as Nautellipsites ovatus by Spath (1934).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1813Ellipsolithes ovatus Sowerby p. 83 figs. Tab XXXVII
1934Nautellipsites ovatus Spath p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPericycloidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyMuensteroceratidaeLibrovitch 1957
genusNautellipsites
speciesovatus()

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.

†Nautellipsites ovatus Sowerby 1813
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004
Collections
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