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Deltoidonautilus sowerbyi

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus sowerbyi was named by Wetherell (1843) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Eocene; Europe.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chalk Farm railway cutting, which is in a Ypresian offshore claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Angulithes sowerbyi by Kummel (1956); it was recombined as Deltoidonautilus sowerbyi by Jeffery and Tracey (1997) and Hewitt (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Nautilus sowerbyi Sowerby
1843Nautilus sowerbyi Wetherell
1849Nautilus sowerbyi Edwards p. 48 figs. Pl 6
1956Angulithes sowerbyi Kummel p. 341
1997Deltoidonautilus sowerbyi Jeffery and Tracey p. 103 figs. Pl 15, figs 9,10
2002Deltoidonautilus sowerbyi Hewitt p. 47

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyHercoglossidaeSpath 1927
genusDeltoidonautilusSpath 1927
speciessowerbyi(Wetherell 1843)

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.

†Deltoidonautilus sowerbyi Wetherell 1843
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (Kent) Nautilus sowerbyi (165975)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Deltoidonautilus sowerbyi (3261 3268 8050 76601) Nautilus sowerbyi (165978)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom Nautilus sowerbyi (type locality: 165972 165988)