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Paranautilus smithi
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
Year | Name and author |
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1953 | Paranautilus smithi Kummel p. 71 figs. Pl 4, figs 11,12; pl 8, figs 12,13; text-fig 36 |
1982 | Paranautilus smithi Silberling and Nichols p. 62 figs. Pl 32, figs 7,8 |
1989 | Paranautilus smithi Sobolev p. 85 figs. Pl 30, fig 1; pl 31, fig 3; text-fig 40a-c, 49b-d |
1996 | Paranautilus smithi Dagis et al. p. 83 figs. Pl 36, fig 1 |
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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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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shell height | 3 | 52.6 | 24.0 | 91.0 | 66.5 | 33.9 | |
shell diameter | 3 | 81.5 | 39.3 | 135.0 | 102.0 | 48.6 | |
shell inflation | 3 | 5.09 | 4.00 | 6.00 | 5.50 | 1.04 |
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References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 |
Collections (18 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Anisian | USA (Nevada) | Paranautilus multicameratus (33197) | |
Anisian | Russian Federation | Paranautilus smithi (124552 124651 124652) | |
Illyrian | USA (Nevada) | Paranautilus multicameratus (type locality: 33225) Paranautilus smithi (38926 57090 110986 142860 142861 142862 143023) | |
Illyrian | Russian Federation | Paranautilus smithi (107006 107187 107196 151190 166670) | |
Sevatian | USA (Nevada) | Paranautilus smithi (37242) |