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Deltoidonautilus salisfilius
Taxonomy
Deltoidonautilus salisfilius was named by Morris (1995). Its type specimen is BMNH C.59590, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jebel Bu Milh, section 2, bed 6, which is in a Maastrichtian open shallow subtidal sandstone in the Simsima Formation of Oman.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1995 | Deltoidonautilus salisfilius Morris p. 251 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-3 |
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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.
†Deltoidonautilus salisfilius Morris 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| shell height | 1 | 38.0 | |||||
| shell diameter | 1 | 64.0 | |||||
| shell inflation | 1 | 3.50 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | United Arab Emirates | Deltoidonautilus salisfilius (175467) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Oman | Deltoidonautilus salisfilius (type locality: 175475) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | United Arab Emirates | Deltoidonautilus salisfilius (175476 175477) |