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Nautilus altifrons ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4946528https://www.gbif.org/species/4946528
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)324051https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=324051
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Nautilidae : Eutrephoceras : Nautilus altifrons
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Nautilidae : Eutrephoceras : Nautilus altifrons
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea
familyNautilidaede Blainville 1825
genusEutrephocerasHyatt 1894
speciesNautilus altifronsChapman 1915
Generic NameNautilus
Scientific NameNautilus altifrons (Chapman, 1915)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Eutrephoceras altifronsspeciesbelongs to Nautilusstated with evidenceChapman, 1915
Eutrephoceras altifronsspeciesbelongs to Eutrephocerasstated with evidenceKummel, 1956
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance20.4 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance16.0 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Nautilidae)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Nautilidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Nautilida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)F. Chapman. 1915. New or little-known Victorian fossils in the National Museum. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 27:350-361

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Eutrephoceras altifrons (Chapman, 1915)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Nautilidae : Eutrephoceras : Eutrephoceras altifrons

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1915Nautilus altifrons Chapman p. 356 figs. Pl 5, figs 10-12; pl 6, fig 13
1956Eutrephoceras altifrons Kummel p. 332
1959Eutrephoceras altifrons McGowran p. 439 figs. Pl 64, figs 3-5; pl 65, fig 8; pl 66, figs 1,2; text-figs 6-9

References

Chapman F. (1915) New or little-known Victorian fossils in the National Museum, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 27, 350-361
Kummel B. (1956) Post-Triassic nautiloid genera, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 114, 324-494
McGowran B. (1959) Tertiary nautiloids (Eutrephoceras and Cimomia) from South Australia, Journal of Paleontology 33, 435-448
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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