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Nautilus quadrangulus brahmanicus

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Grypoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus quadrangulus brahmanicus was named by Griesbach (1880) [Nautilus quadrangulus var. brahmanicus]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shalshal Cliff, Bed 2, Rimkin Paiar, which is in a Griesbachian offshore limestone in India.

It was recombined as Nautilus brahmanicus by Griesbach (1880) and Diener (1897); it was recombined as Grypoceras brahmanicum by Muller and Ferguson (1939).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Nautilus quadrangulus brahmanicus Griesbach
1880Nautilus brahmanicus Griesbach p. 104 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-3
1880Nautilus quadrangulus brahmanicus Griesbach p. 104 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-3
1897Nautilus brahmanicus Diener
1939Grypoceras brahmanicum Muller and Ferguson

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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
genusNautilusHyatt 1883
speciesquadrangulus(Beyrich 1866)
subspeciesbrahmanicus

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
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