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Nautilus triangularis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus triangularis was named by Montfort (1802). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Angulithes.

It was corrected as Nautilus mermeti by Coquand (1862); it was recombined as Angulithes triangularis by Kummel (1956) and Wiedmann (1960); it was recombined as Lissoniceras mermeti by Benavides-Caceres (1956); it was recombined as Deltoidonautilus mermeti by Abdel-Gawad (1992); it was recombined as Angulithes mermeti by Ayoub-Hannaa and Fürsich (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Nautilus triangularis Montfort
1862Nautilus mermeti Coquand p. 166 figs. pl. 11, figs. 1-2
1890Nautilus triangularis Foord and Crick p. 403
1956Lissoniceras mermeti Benavides-Caceres p. 435
1956Angulithes triangularis Kummel p. 452
1960Angulithes triangularis Wiedmann p. 186 figs. Pl 21, fig P; pl 22, figs H,I; pl 25, figs 8,9; pl 26, fig 4; pl 27, figs 1,2; text-figs 16-20
1992Deltoidonautilus mermeti Abdel-Gawad
2012Angulithes mermeti Ayoub-Hannaa and Fürsich p. 64 fig. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyNautilidaede Blainville 1825
genusNautilus
speciestriangularisMontfort 1802

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.

Nautilus triangularis Montfort 1802
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:10:59
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:59
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Albian to the top of the Cenomanian or 113.00000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5France Nautilus triangularis (171512)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Nautilus triangularis (171511)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom Nautilus triangularis (154021)