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Pleuronautilus qinghaianus

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Pleuronautilus qinghaianus was named by Wang and Chen (1979). Its type specimen is NIGP 33901 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shaliu River west 6861F135b, Gangca County, which is in an Anisian marine horizon in the Junzihe Formation of China.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Pleuronautilus qinghaianus Wang and Chen p. 10 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-2; text-fig 1a,b

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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
speciesqinghaianus

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 qinghaianus Wang and Chen 1979
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Diagnosis
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