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Pseudaganides portlandicus

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Pseudonautilidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus (Hercoglossa) portlandicus was named by Foord and Crick (1890). Its type specimen is BMNH 62465, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Isle of Portland, which is in a Tithonian carbonate limestone in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Nautilus portlandicus by von Loesch (1914); it was recombined as Pseudaganides portlandicus by Kummel (1956).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Nautilus (Hercoglossa) portlandicus Foord and Crick p. 397 fig. 3
1914Nautilus portlandicus von Loesch p. 123
1956Pseudaganides portlandicus Kummel p. 396

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyPseudonautilidae
genusPseudaganidesSpath 1927
speciesportlandicus()

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.

Pseudaganides portlandicus Foord and Crick 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
height121.6
diameter134.8
inflation13.00

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Tithonian or 152.10000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0United Kingdom Nautilus portlandicus (171505)