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Cenoceras quadrangularis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Cenoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus quadrangularis was named by Pia (1914). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bäumels quarry, Ober-Wiestal, which is in a Sinemurian carbonate limestone in Austria.

It was recombined as Cenoceras quadrangularis by Kummel (1956).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Nautilus quadrangularis Pia pp. 30, 73 figs. Pl 4, figs 1a,b; pl 10, fig 1
1956Cenoceras quadrangularis Kummel p. 375

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyCenoceratidaeTinant and Kabamba 1983
genusCenocerasHyatt 1884
speciesquadrangularis()

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.

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Diagnosis
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