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Rhiphaeonautilus curticostatus

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Rhiphaeoceratidae

Taxonomy
Rhiphaeonautilus curticostatus was named by Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy (1954). Its type specimen is PIN 442/251 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aktasty River, eastern limestone ridge, Aktastinian, Aktyubinsk Region, which is in an Artinskian marine limestone in Kazakhstan. It is the type species of Rhiphaeonautilus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Rhiphaeonautilus curticostatus Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy p. 117 figs. Pl 10, fig 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyTainoceratoidea(Hyatt 1883)
familyRhiphaeoceratidae
genusRhiphaeonautilus
speciescurticostatus

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.

Rhiphaeonautilus curticostatus Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy 1954
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height16.60
shell diameter117.7
shell inflation17.60

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: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Kazakhstan Rhiphaeonautilus curticostatus (type locality: 116788)