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Nikenautilus vultur

Cephalopoda - Nautilida

Taxonomy
Nikenautilus vultur was named by Shimanskiy (1967). Its type specimen is PIN 1193/135, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Beleuty River, Sholakskaya syncline, which is in a Serpukhovian marine horizon in Kazakhstan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Nikenautilus vultur Shimanskiy p. 118 figs. Pl 12, figs 7,8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
genusNikenautilus
speciesvultur

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 vultur Shimanskiy 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height114.0
shell diameter134.0
shell inflation112.0

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: Serpukhovian or 330.90000 to 323.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2Kazakhstan Nikenautilus vultur (type locality: 166286 166297)