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Pseudonautilus ✝
Description | Pseudonautilidae is a family of Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous nautilid cephalopods belonging to the same superfamily as modern Nautilus, Nautilaceae, but forming a different branch from the family Nautilidae. Pseudonautilids, together with other nautilids, were contemporary with the ammonoids, which comprise an entirely different set of shelled cephalopod stocks more closely related to octopus and squid. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudonautilus, 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 : Pseudonautilidae : Pseudonautilus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Pseudonautilus Meek, 1876 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Ann. Rep. U.S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 152 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 129 - 125 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudonautilus |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Nautilus aturoides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Nautilus geinitzi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pseudonautilus aturoides ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Pseudonautilus eurychorus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pseudonautilus geinitzi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Pseudonautilus ra ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Pseudonautilus vilmae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1876 | Pseudonautilus Meek |
1964 | Pseudonautilus Teichert et al. p. 451 |
1975 | Pseudonautilus Shimansky p. 125 |
2002 | Pseudonautilus 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!