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Germanonautilus brooksi

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Germanonautilus brooksi was named by Smith (1927). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 9384, south bank of Yukon River, which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in Alaska.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Germanonautilus brooksi Smith p. 105 figs. Pl 102, figs 7-10
1953Germanonautilus brooksi Kummel p. 29 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-10
1976Germanonautilus brooksi Bychkov et al.

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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
genusGermanonautilus
speciesbrooksi

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
No measurements are available
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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Julian to the top of the Alaunian or 235.00000 to 212.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian235.0 - 232.0USA (Alaska) Germanonautilus brooksi (33431 type locality: 144378)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Russian Federation Germanonautilus brooksi (202718 214802)
Lacian - Alaunian221.5 - 212.0Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) Germanonautilus brooksi (97821)