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Paranautilus smithi

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae

Taxonomy
Paranautilus smithi was named by Kummel (1953). Its type specimen is USNM 74445 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon, which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Paranautilus smithi Kummel p. 71 figs. Pl 4, figs 11,12; pl 8, figs 12,13; text-fig 36
1982Paranautilus smithi Silberling and Nichols p. 62 figs. Pl 32, figs 7,8
1989Paranautilus smithi Sobolev p. 85 figs. Pl 30, fig 1; pl 31, fig 3; text-fig 40a-c, 49b-d
1996Paranautilus smithi Dagis et al. p. 83 figs. Pl 36, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyClydonautiloidea(Hyatt in Zittel 1900)
familyLiroceratidae
genusParanautilusMojsisovics 1902
speciessmithi

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.

Paranautilus smithi Kummel 1953
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Diagnosis
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