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Angulithes eliotti

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy
Deltoidonautilus eliotti was named by Stenzel (1940) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Eocene; Gulf Coastal Plain/]. Its type specimen is BEG 20901, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Angulithes eliotti by Kummel (1956) and Palmer and Brann (1965).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Deltoidonautilus eliotti Stenzel pp. 733, 759 figs. pl. 38, figs. 1-6
1956Angulithes eliotti Kummel p. 335
1965Angulithes eliotti Palmer and Brann p. 372

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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
genusAngulithesMontfort 1808
specieseliotti(Stenzel 1940)

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.

†Angulithes eliotti Stenzel 1940
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Measurements
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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
Collections
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