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Pleuronautilus changxingensis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Pleuronautilus changxingensis was named by Zhao et al. (1978) [Probably at Nanjing Institute of Geol. and Paleo.]. Its type specimen is NIGP 14808 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Meishan Section, Meishan Mb Bed 4, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. patens, P. striatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Pleuronautilus changxingensis Zhao et al. p. 6 figs. Pl 33, figs 1,2
1992Pleuronautilus changxingensis Shimanskiy p. 80 figs. Pl 1, figs 3,4

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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)
familyTainoceratidaeHyatt 1883
genusPleuronautilus
specieschangxingensis

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.

†Pleuronautilus changxingensis Zhao et al. 1978
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Diagnosis
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