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Antaganides erycinus

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Pseudonautilidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus erycinus was named by Tagliarini (1901). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fontana Difali, Monte Erice (Gemmellaro collection), which is in a Toarcian/Aalenian carbonate limestone in Italy.

It was recombined as Cenoceras erycinus by Kummel (1956); it was recombined as Antaganides erycinus by Branger (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Nautilus erycinus Tagliarini p. 201 figs. Pl 5, figs 2-5; pl 4, fig 5
1956Cenoceras erycinus Kummel p. 373
2024Antaganides erycinus Branger p. 474 figs. 3A1-A3, 13A,B

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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
genusAntaganides
specieserycinus()

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.

†Antaganides erycinus Tagliarini 1901
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height232.532.033.032.50.707
shell diameter253.052.054.053.01.41
shell inflation20.0010.0010.0010.001-

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 Late/Upper Toarcian to the top of the Late/Upper Bajocian or 180.40000 to 168.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Toarcian - Aalenian180.4 - 170.9Italy Nautilus erycinus (type locality: 171174)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2France Antaganides erycinus (237534 237536)