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Nautilus balcombensis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus balcombensis was named by Chapman (1915) [TYPE LOCALITY: Balcombe Bay, Australia (Miocene)]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Balcombe Bay (Cudmore collection), which is in a Langhian offshore claystone in the Fyansford Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Eutrephoceras balcombensis by Kummel (1956).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Nautilus balcombensis Chapman p. 353 figs. Pl 3, figs 3,4; pl 4, figs 5,6; pl 8, figs 18,19
1956Eutrephoceras balcombensis Kummel p. 332
2022Nautilus balcombensis Goedert et al. p. 6

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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)
familyNautilidaede Blainville 1825
genusNautilus
speciesbalcombensis

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.

Nautilus balcombensis Chapman 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height273.345.5118.081.851.3
shell diameter2128.180.0205.0142.588.4
shell inflation26.324.0010.07.004.24

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:10:59
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:59
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Langhian or 15.97000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Nautilus balcombensis (type locality: 179947 179948)