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Ocunautilus diplodocus
Taxonomy
Ocunautilus diplodocus was named by Korn and Hairapetian (2025). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.32110, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Baghuk Mountain, Araxoceras beds float, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate lime mudstone in the Hambast Formation of Iran. It is the type species of Ocunautilus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Ocunautilus diplodocus Korn and Hairapetian p. 16 fig. 8 |
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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.
†Ocunautilus diplodocus Korn and Hairapetian 2025
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 2 | 44.1 | 38.2 | 50.9 | 44.5 | 8.98 | |
| shell diameter | 2 | 93.9 | 84.0 | 105.0 | 94.5 | 14.8 | |
| shell inflation | 2 | 22.9 | 22.5 | 23.3 | 22.9 | 0.566 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||
Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wuchiapingian | Iran | Ocunautilus diplodocus (type locality: 275378) |