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Pleuronautilus zhongyingensis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Pleuronautilus zhongyingensis was named by Zheng (1984). Its type specimen is NIGP 34379, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zhongying Section Bed 31 (QZ-15,14), Qinglong County, which is in a Changhsingian coastal mudstone in China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Pleuronautilus zhongyingensis Zheng p. 245 figs. Pl 2, figs 12,13; pl 3, fig 1; text-fig 5
2019Pleuronautilus zhongyingensis Miao et al. p. 338 fig. 7A,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
specieszhongyingensis

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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height323.220.026.823.44.81
shell diameter365.457.480.760.512.7
shell inflation326.221.532.026.87.42

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: Changhsingian or 254.17000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian (interglacial)254.17 - 252.17China (Guizhou) Pleuronautilus zhongyingensis (218367)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guizhou) Pleuronautilus zhongyingensis (112009 type locality: 112085 112093)