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Paranautilus modestus

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus modestus was named by von Mojsisovics (1873). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Steinbergkogel, grauem Marmor, which is in a Sevatian carbonate limestone in the Halstatt Formation of Austria.

It was recombined as Paranautilus modestus by von Mojsisovics (1902) and Schastlivtseva (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Nautilus modestus von Mojsisovics p. 29 figs. Pl 15, fig 2
1902Paranautilus modestus von Mojsisovics p. 208
1988Paranautilus modestus Schastlivtseva p. 41

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyClydonautiloidea(Hyatt in Zittel 1900)
familyLiroceratidae
genusParanautilusMojsisovics 1902
speciesmodestus()

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 modestus von Mojsisovics 1873
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height146.0
shell diameter170.0
shell inflation10.001

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: base of the Lacian to the top of the Sevatian or 221.50000 to 205.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Slovenia Paranautilus modestus (159550)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Austria Paranautilus modestus (159573)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Austria Nautilus modestus (159543)