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Arctonautilus toscanensis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Arctonautilus toscanensis was named by Sobolev (1989). Its type specimen is IGiG 849/4, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cape Toscana, southern coast of Van Keulen Fjord, which is in an Anisian marine siliciclastic in Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Arctonautilus toscanensis Sobolev p. 129 figs. Pl 20, figs 1,2; text-figs 4,5

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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
genusArctonautilus
speciestoscanensis

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.

Arctonautilus toscanensis Sobolev 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height140.0
shell diameter182.8
shell inflation119.3

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: Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen Arctonautilus toscanensis (type locality: 166528)