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Heminautilus stantoni

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Cenoceratidae

Taxonomy
Vorticoceras stantoni was named by Scott (1940). Its type specimen is USNM 103260, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is M15, near Murfreesboro, which is in an Aptian carbonate limestone in the Dierks Formation of Arkansas.

It was recombined as Heminautilus stantoni by Baudouin et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Vorticoceras stantoni Scott p. 1076 figs. Pl 68, figs 4,5
2016Heminautilus stantoni Baudouin et al. p. 89 figs. Pl 36, figs 2,3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyCenoceratidaeTinant and Kabamba 1983
genusHeminautilusSpath 1927
speciesstantoni(Scott 1940)

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.

Heminautilus stantoni Scott 1940
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Diagnosis
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