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Clydonautilus ✝
| Description | Clydonautilus is a genus of nautiloids and type for the Clydonautilidae that has been found in the Upper Triassic of Europe, India, and Timor. Its type is C. noricus. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clydonautilus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Clydonautilidae : Clydonautilus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Clydonautilus Mojsisovics, 1882 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Abh. Geol. Reichsanst. Wien., 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 232 - 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 216 - 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clydonautilus |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Clydonautilus noricus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Clydonautilus quenstedti ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Clydonautilus salisburgensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Nautilus noricus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nautilus quenstedti species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nautilus salisburgensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1882 | Clydonautilus Mojsisovics |
| 1902 | Clydonautilus von Mojsisovics p. 209 |
| 1964 | Clydonautilus Teichert et al. p. 442 |
| 2002 | Clydonautilus Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
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!
