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Nautilus altifrons

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus altifrons was named by Chapman (1915) [TYPE LOCALITY: Murray River Cliffs, South Australia]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Murray River Cliffs (probably near Blanchetown), which is in a Langhian carbonate limestone in Australia.

It was recombined as Eutrephoceras altifrons by Kummel (1956), McGowran (1959).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. calloviensis, N. concavus

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
2022Nautilus altifrons Goedert et al. p. 6

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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)
familyNautilidaede Blainville 1825
genusNautilus
speciesaltifrons

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.

†Nautilus altifrons Chapman 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height1124.0
shell diameter1225.0
shell inflation113.0

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:10:59
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:59
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.45000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Australia (South Australia) Eutrephoceras altifrons (171286 171287)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Australia (South Australia) Eutrephoceras altifrons (171285)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Australia (South Australia) Eutrephoceras altifrons (171280 171288 171289 171290) Nautilus altifrons (type locality: 171284 179953)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Victoria) Nautilus altifrons (179954)