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Deltoidonautilus okinoshimensis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae

Taxonomy
Deltoidonautilus okinoshimensis was named by Tanabe and Chiba (1983). Its type specimen is EE.1035, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is EE1035, Aze, Okinoshima Island, which is in a Bartonian offshore sandstone in the Okinoshima Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Deltoidonautilus okinoshimensis Tanabe and Chiba p. 249 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2; pl 2, fig 1; text-fig 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyHercoglossidaeSpath 1927
genusDeltoidonautilusSpath 1927
speciesokinoshimensis

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 okinoshimensis Tanabe and Chiba 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height281.067.098.082.521.9
shell diameter2144.9105.0200.0152.567.2
shell inflation20.0550.0013.001.502.12

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Bartonian or 41.30000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Japan Deltoidonautilus okinoshimensis (179877 179878 type locality: 179880)