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Nautilus cookana

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus cookana was named by Whitfield (1892) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Atlantic Coastal Plain.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Eutrephoceras cookana by Reeside (1924) and Spath (1927); it was recombined as Eutrephoceras cookanum by Miller and Thompson (1933), Stenzel (1940), Stenzel (1942) and Miller (1947); it was recombined as Kummeloceras cookanum by Matsumoto (1983); it was recombined as Kummelonautilus cookana by Matsumoto (1984); it was corrected as Nautilus cookanum by Squires (1988); it was recombined as Kummelonautilus cookanus by Squires (2001).

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Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Nautilus cookana Whitfield pp. 285-286 figs. pl. 48, fig. 1
1924Eutrephoceras cookana Reeside p. 4
1927Eutrephoceras cookana Spath p. 426
1933Eutrephoceras cookanum Miller and Thompson p. 302
1940Eutrephoceras cookanum Stenzel p. 733
1942Eutrephoceras cookanum Stenzel figs. Cards 3a, 3b
1947Eutrephoceras cookanum Miller p. 30
1983Kummeloceras cookanum Matsumoto p. 12
1984Kummelonautilus cookana Matsumoto p. 345
1988Nautilus cookanum Squires p. 76 figs. 2.1, 3.1-3.4
2001Kummelonautilus cookanus Squires p. 20
2022Nautilus cookana Goedert et al. p. 6

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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
speciescookanaWhitfield 1892

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 cookana Whitfield 1892
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Diagnosis
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