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Menuthionautilus evolutus

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Grypoceratidae

Taxonomy
Menuthionautilus evolutus was named by Shigeta and Zakharov (2009). Its type specimen is NSM PM23128 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Abrek Bay AB1012, which is in a Dienerian submarine fan sandstone in the Lazurnaya Bay Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Menuthionautilus evolutus Shigeta and Zakharov p. 64 figs. 47, 49

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderTainoceratinaShimansky 1964
superfamilyTrigonoceratoidea(Hyatt 1884)
familyGrypoceratidaeHyatt 1900
genusMenuthionautilusCollignon 1933
speciesevolutus

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.

Menuthionautilus evolutus Shigeta and Zakharov 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height126.0
shell diameter151.0
shell inflation111.6

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: or 251.20000 to 250.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dienerian250.5 - 251.2Russian Federation Menuthionautilus evolutus (type locality: 90209)