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Nikenautilus beleuthensis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida

Taxonomy
Vestinautilus beleuthensis was named by Shimansky (1957). Its type specimen is PIN 1193/1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Beleuty River (Lower Namurian), which is in a Serpukhovian marine horizon in Kazakhstan.

It was recombined as Nikenautilus beleuthensis by Shimanskiy (1967).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Vestinautilus beleuthensis Shimansky p. 37 figs. Pl 2, fig 2
1967Nikenautilus beleuthensis Shimanskiy p. 117 figs. Pl 12, figs 5,6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
genusNikenautilus
speciesbeleuthensis(Shimansky 1957)

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.

Nikenautilus beleuthensis Shimansky 1957
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Diagnosis
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