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Nautiloidea
Source Data |
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Rank | subclass (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautiloidea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Common Name | nautiloid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1,489 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 14 (0.94%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 488 - 478 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | fast-moving (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. Wells and W. W. K. Houston. 2001. Zoological Catalogue of Australia: Mollusca 17(2) |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Basslerocerida ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Nautilida order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4,089 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 0 Ma Extant | |
Actinoceratina ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Ascoceratina ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Discosorina ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Endoceratina ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Michelinoceratina ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Oncoceratina ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Orthochoanites ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Tarphyceratina ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Eudoceratidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Sueroceras ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 331 Ma Carboniferous | 323 Ma Carboniferous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1847 | Nautiloidea Agassiz |
1904 | Nautiloidea Martin p. 130 |
1958 | Nautiloidea Sweet |
1964 | Nautiloidea Teichert et al. p. 411 |
1984 | Nautiloidea Squires p. 54 |
2001 | Nautiloidea Wells and Houston p. 129 |
2005 | Nautiloidea Evans p. 9 |
2007 | Nautiloidea Landman et al. p. 55 |
2011 | Nautiloidea Evans |
2016 | Nautiloidea Lehmann et al. p. 432 |
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!