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Nautiloidea (nautiloid)

Cephalopoda

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Gyroceras de Koninck
1847Nautiloidea Agassiz
1904Nautiloidea Martin p. 130
1947Nautiloidea Harris and Palmer p. 465
1958Nautiloidea Sweet
1964Nautiloidea Teichert et al. p. 411
1977Nautiloidea Adegoke p. 292
1984Nautiloidea Squires p. 54
2001Nautiloidea Wells and Houston p. 129
2005Nautiloidea Boyle and Rodhouse p. 343
2005Nautiloidea Evans p. 9
2007Nautiloidea Landman et al. p. 55
2011Nautiloidea Evans
2016Nautiloidea Lehmann et al. p. 432
2022Nautiloidea Pohle et al. p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
RankNameAuthor
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847

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.

Subcl. Nautiloidea Agassiz 1847 [nautiloid]
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Subor. †Actinoceratina Flower 1950
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Invalid names: Lambeoceratidae Flower 1957 [empty]
Subor. †Endoceratina Flower 1950
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Invalid names: Cyrtovaginoceratidae Flower 1958 [empty]
Subor. †Orthochoanites Martin 1904
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Invalid names: Ophioceratidae Arthaber [empty]
G. †Sueroceras Riccardi and Sabattini 1975
Invalid names: Ascoceratina Flower 1950 [empty], Barrandeoceratida Flower and Kummel, Jr. 1950 [empty], Basslerocerida Flower and Kummel, Jr. 1950 [empty], Discosorina Flower 1940 [empty], Eudoceratidae Hyatt 1883 [empty], Gyroceras de Koninck 1844 [invalid subgroup], Michelinoceratina Flower 1950 [empty], Oncoceratina Flower 1950 [empty], Tarphyceratina Flower 1950 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:51:48
Modified: 2023-08-18 17:28:37
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Arenigian to the top of the Lutetian or 478.60000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (480 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ibexian487.5 - 470.0USA (New York) Nautiloidea indet. (64618)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (Hubei) Nautiloidea indet. (61726)
Tremadoc - Floian486.5 - 470.0USA (Utah) Nautiloidea indet. (154882)
Early/Lower Ordovician485.4 - 470.0USA (New York) Nautiloidea indet. (290)
Canadian485.4 - 457.3USA (Virginia) Nautiloidea indet. (80570 80573)
Arenigian478.6 - 468.1USA (Virginia) Nautiloidea indet. (6980)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0USA (North Dakota) Nautiloidea indet. (429)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Nautiloidea indet. (80771 80774)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Morocco Nautiloidea orthocones (197278)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0USA (Utah) Nautiloidea indet. (180739)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Sweden Nautiloidea indet. (70427)
Middle Coniacian89.3 - 85.8South Africa Nautiloidea indet. (82443)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (British Columbia) Nautiloidea indet. (84196)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Antarctica Nautiloidea indet. (47059)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Nautiloidea indet. (3604 3632)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Oman Nautiloidea indet. (151656)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Egypt Nautiloidea indet. (46601)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.7 - 55.8Mali Nautiloidea indet. (193687)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Nigeria (Imo) Nautiloidea indet. (42653)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy (Veneto) Nautiloidea indet. (110070)