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Xiaohenautilus chatelaini

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Grypoceratidae

Taxonomy
Xiaohenautilus chatelaini was named by Jenks et al. (2025). Its type specimen is NMMNH P-97317, a shell, and it is a mold. Its type locality is NMMNH L-13559, Crittenden Springs north section, which is in a Dienerian marine mudstone in the Dinwoody Formation of Nevada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Xiaohenautilus chatelaini Jenks et al. p. 23 figs. 16A-J

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderTemnocheilinaFlower 1963
superfamilyTrigonoceratoidea(Hyatt 1884)
familyGrypoceratidaeHyatt 1900
genusXiaohenautilus
specieschatelaini

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.

Xiaohenautilus chatelaini Jenks et al. 2025
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height211.711.212.311.80.778
shell diameter222.721.923.522.71.13
shell inflation24.794.505.104.800.424

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: Dienerian or 250.50000 to 249.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9USA (Nevada) Xiaohenautilus chatelaini (type locality: 238997)