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Nautilus angustatus

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus angustatus was named by Conrad (1849). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Astoria (Townsend collection), which is in a Burdigalian marine shale in the Astoria Formation of Oregon.

It was recombined as Aturia angustata by Dall (1914), Schenck (1931), Durham (1944), Miller and Downs (1950), Moore (1963), Moore (1976) and Moore (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Nautilus angustatus Conrad
1914Aturia angustata Dall p. 128
1931Aturia angustata Schenck p. 457 figs. Pl 69, figs 1-3; pl 70, figs 1-5; pl 71, figs 1-8; pl 72, figs 1,2,5,6; text-figs 4,5,7,8,9,20,21,22
1944Aturia angustata Durham p. 191
1950Aturia angustata Miller and Downs p. 9 figs. Pl 1, figs 6-8; pl 3, fig 8; pl 9, figs 1,2
1963Aturia angustata Moore p. 85 figs. Pl 31, figs 1,5
1976Aturia angustata Moore p. 54
1984Aturia angustata Moore p. 34 figs. 133, 135, 137, 140, 143-147, 149, 150, 152-159

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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
speciesangustatusConrad 1849

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 angustatus Conrad 1849
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Diagnosis
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