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Micronautilus minoti

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Paracenoceratidae

Taxonomy
Micronautilus minoti was named by Branger (2023). Its type specimen is 2021.BR.N.150, a shell, and it is a mold. Its type locality is Les Lucs, near Echiré, which is in a Bathonian carbonate limestone in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2023Micronautilus minoti Branger p. 484 figs. Appendix 1F, 3A-D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyParacenoceratidaeSpath 1927
genusMicronautilus
speciesminoti

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Micronautilus minoti Branger 2023
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height724.318.033.024.05.02
shell diameter746.337.061.045.59.13
shell inflation76.135.009.005.501.51

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Middle Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France Micronautilus minoti (type locality: 230610 230611 230612 230613)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France Micronautilus minoti (230609)