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Somalinautilus fuscus

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Paracenoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus fuscus was named by Crick (1898). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Burton Bradstock (upper truelli beds), which is in a Parkinsoni marine limestone in the Inferior Oolite Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Somalinautilus fuscus by Kummel (1956).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Nautilus fuscus Crick p. 122 fig. 4,5
1956Somalinautilus fuscus Kummel p. 411

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyParacenoceratidaeSpath 1927
genusSomalinautilusSpath 1927
speciesfuscus()

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.

Somalinautilus fuscus Crick 1898
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available