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Nautilus praepompilius

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus praepompilius was named by Shimansky (1957). Its type specimen is PIN 1264/1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North Precipice, Ustjurt Plateau, which is in a Priabonian offshore siliciclastic in the Chegan Formation of Kazakhstan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Nautilus praepompilius Shimansky p. 39 figs. Pl 2, fig 4
1996Nautilus praepompilius Saunders et al. p. 609 figs. 1, 2.1, 3.2
2016Nautilus praepompilius Ward et al. p. 400 fig. 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
speciespraepompiliusShimansky 1957

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 praepompilius Shimansky 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available