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Azarinautilus phorminx

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Ocunautilidae

Taxonomy
Azarinautilus phorminx was named by Korn and Hairapetian (2025). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.32121, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Baghuk Mountain G section, -2.00 m, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate lime mudstone in the Hambast Formation of Iran.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Azarinautilus phorminx Korn and Hairapetian p. 25 fig. 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderDomatoceratina
superfamilyGrypoceratoideaHyatt 1900
familyOcunautilidae
genusAzarinautilus
speciesphorminx

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.

†Azarinautilus phorminx Korn and Hairapetian 2025
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height118.6
shell diameter146.0
shell inflation114.7

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 - 251.902Iran Azarinautilus phorminx (type locality: 275380)