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Aulaconautilus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4624465	https://www.gbif.org/species/4624465
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	13150	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=13150

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Paracenoceratidae : Aulaconautilus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Pseudonautilidae : Aulaconautilus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Nautiloidea	Agassiz 1847
order	Nautilida	Agassiz 1847
superfamily	Nautiloidea
family	Pseudonautilidae	Shimansky and Erlanger 1955
genus	Aulaconautilus	Spath 1927

Scientific Name

Aulaconautilus Spath, 1927

Name Published In

Pal. Ind., (N. S.) 9, Mem. 2 (Jurass. Ceph. Kachh.)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Aulaconautilus	subgenus	belongs to Nautilus	stated with evidence	Jeannet, 1951
Aulaconautilus	genus	belongs to Paracenoceratidae	stated with evidence	Teichert et al., 1964
Aulaconautilus	genus	belongs to Pseudonautilidae	stated with evidence	Shimansky, 1975
Aulaconautilus	genus	belongs to Nautilida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

165 - 161 Ma
Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

145 - 140 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Motility

actively mobile (based on Nautilida)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Nautilida)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Nautilida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Aulaconautilus bicarinatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	165 Ma Middle Jurassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic
Aulaconautilus druzczici ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	145 Ma Late Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Aulaconautilus picteti ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	152 Ma Late Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Aulaconautilus sexcarinatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	145 Ma Late Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Nautilus picteti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nautilus sexcarinatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1927	Aulaconautilus Spath
1951	Nautilus (Aulaconautilus) Jeannet p. 17
1964	Aulaconautilus Teichert et al. p. 452
1975	Aulaconautilus Shimansky p. 126
2002	Aulaconautilus Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Jeannet A. (1951) Stratigraphie und Palaeontologie des oolithischen Eisenerzlagers von Herznach und seiner Umgebung, Beiträge zur Geologie der Schweiz, Geotechnische Serie 13 5, 1-240

Teichert C., Kummel B., et al (1964) Cephalopoda - general features - Endoceratoidea - Actinoceratoidea - Nautiloidea - Bactritoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology K 3, 1-519

Shimansky V. N. (1975) Melovye Nautiloidei, Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 150, 1-208

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Pal. Ind., (N. S.) 9, Mem. 2 (Jurass. Ceph. Kachh.) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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