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Germanonautilus ellipticus

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Germanonautilus ellipticus was named by Parnes (1986). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Department of Geology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, HU-30940. Its type locality is Makhtesh Ramon (Saharonim Fm., upper Fossiliferous Limestone Mb.), which is in a Fassanian carbonate limestone in the Saharonim Formation of Israel.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Germanonautilus ellipticus Parnes
2022Germanonautilus ellipticus Pieroni p. 6 fig. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderTainoceratinaShimansky 1964
superfamilyTrigonoceratoidea(Hyatt 1884)
familyTainoceratidaeHyatt 1883
genusGermanonautilus
speciesellipticus

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Illyrian to the top of the Fassanian or 247.20000 to 235.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Switzerland Germanonautilus ellipticus (231809)
Fassanian242.0 - 235.0Egypt (Shamal Sina) Germanonautilus ellipticus (214975)
Fassanian242.0 - 235.0Israel (Negev) Germanonautilus ellipticus (type locality: 214652)