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Xiaohenautilus mulleni

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Grypoceratidae

Taxonomy
Xiaohenautilus mulleni was named by Jenks et al. (2021). Its type specimen is NMMNH P-81693, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is NMMNH L-12683, Long Canyon, which is in a Griesbachian marine mudstone in the Dinwoody Formation of Nevada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Xiaohenautilus mulleni Jenks et al. p. 20 figs. 11I-D'

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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)
familyGrypoceratidaeHyatt 1900
genusXiaohenautilus
speciesmulleni

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.

Xiaohenautilus mulleni Jenks et al. 2021
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height419.213.622.521.04.03
shell diameter439.625.849.444.010.6
shell inflation410.67.4014.910.83.12

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: Griesbachian or 251.90200 to 250.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5USA (Nevada) Xiaohenautilus mulleni (type locality: 220330)