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Xiaohenautilus huananensis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Grypoceratidae

Taxonomy
Xiaohenautilus huananensis was named by Xu (1988). Its type specimen is Yichang Inst Geol Min Res IV50617 and is a cast. Its type locality is Xiaohe Xh-80-C-2, Lichuan, which is in a Dienerian carbonate lime mudstone in the Ruiping Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Xiaohenautilus huananensis Xu p. 439 figs. Pl 4, fig 6; text-fig 3
2007Xiaohenautilus huananensis Zakharov and Mu p. 860 figs. 3.5, 3.6, 3.9-3.11, 4.2

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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
genusXiaohenautilus
specieshuananensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height421.320.022.621.31.84
shell diameter444.632.773.541.218.8
shell inflation410.18.0012.710.33.32

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: Griesbachian or 251.90200 to 250.50000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Guizhou) Xiaohenautilus huananensis (113871 198883 198884 198885 198888)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Hubei) Xiaohenautilus huananensis (204866 204867)
Dienerian250.5 - 251.2China (Hubei) Xiaohenautilus huananensis (type locality: 95718)