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Pleuronautilus costalis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Pleuronautilidae

Taxonomy
Pleuronautilus costalis was named by Shimansky (1965). Its type specimen is PIN 1572/419, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chanakhchi, Vedioceras Beds, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Ali Bashi Formation of Armenia.

It was recombined as Serometacoceras costale by Korn and Ghaderi (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Pleuronautilus costalis Shimansky p. 160 figs. Pl 15, fig 2
1967Pleuronautilus costalis Shimanskiy p. 93
2025Serometacoceras costale Korn and Ghaderi p. 34

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderTainoceratinaShimansky 1964
superfamilyPleuronautiloideaHyatt 1900
familyPleuronautilidaeHyatt 1900
genusPleuronautilus
speciescostalis

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.

Pleuronautilus costalis Shimansky 1965
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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: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Armenia Pleuronautilus costalis (type locality: 88711)