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Nautilida

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Nautilidae

Yarrangobilly Caves, Yarrangobilly, Buccleuch Co., New South Wales, Australia

Nautilida

La Barge Thrust Fault, Lincoln County, Wyoming, USA

Nautilidae

Yarrangobilly Caves, Yarrangobilly, Buccleuch Co., New South Wales, Australia

Nautilida

La Barge Thrust Fault, Lincoln County, Wyoming, USA

Nautilidae

Yarrangobilly Caves, Yarrangobilly, Buccleuch Co., New South Wales, Australia

Nautilida

La Barge Thrust Fault, Lincoln County, Wyoming, USA

Description

The Nautilida constitute a large and diverse order of generally coiled nautiloid cephalopods that began in the mid Paleozoic and continues to the present with a single family, the Nautilidae which includes two genera, Nautilus and Allonautilus, with six species. All told, between 22 and 34 families and 165 to 184 genera have been recognised, making this the largest order of the subclass Nautiloidea.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautilida, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 4.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	460	https://www.gbif.org/species/460
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	13131	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=13131

Rank

order

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Nautiloidea	Agassiz 1847
order	Nautilida	Agassiz 1847

Scientific Name

Nautilida

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Nautilida	order	belongs to Nautiloidea	stated with evidence	Teichert et al., 1964
Nautilida	order	belongs to Nautiloidea	stated without evidence	Squires, 1984
Nautilida	order	belongs to Cephalopoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Nautilida	order	belongs to Nautiloidea	stated without evidence	Alsen, 2006
Nautilida	order	belongs to Cephalopoda	stated with evidence	Kröger, 2008
Nautilida	order	belongs to Nautiloidea	stated with evidence	Lehmann et al., 2016

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

1,474

Extant Size (PBDB)

13 (0.88%)

First Recorded Appearance

479 - 468 Ma
Ordovician

Motility

actively mobile

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore

Taphonomy

aragonite

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/Nautilida

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Rutoceratina ✝ suborder	listed (PBDB)		40	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	304 Ma Carboniferous
Tainoceratina ✝ suborder	listed (PBDB)		4	323 Ma Carboniferous	309 Ma Carboniferous
Aipoceratoidea ✝ superfamily	listed (PBDB)		43	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	260 Ma Permian
Clydonautiloidea ✝ superfamily	listed (PBDB)		327	345 Ma Carboniferous	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Nautiloidea superfamily	listed (PBDB)		2,282	296 Ma Permian	0 Ma Extant
Tainocerataceae ✝ superfamily	listed (PBDB)		210	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Trigonoceratoidea ✝ superfamily	listed (PBDB)		1,000	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Aipoceratidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	311 Ma Carboniferous
Aktubonautilidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Aturiidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		394	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	6.50 Ma Miocene
Cenoceratidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		317	242 Ma Middle Triassic	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Centroceratidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	326 Ma Carboniferous
Clydonautilidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		79	260 Ma Permian	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Cymatoceratidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Dentoceratidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	323 Ma Carboniferous	290 Ma Permian
Domatoceratidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		29	290 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Ephippioceratidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gonionautilidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Grypoceratidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		217	347 Ma Carboniferous	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Gzheloceratidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		59	345 Ma Carboniferous	254 Ma Permian
Hercoglossidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		331	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Koninckioceratidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		128	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Liroceratidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		214	345 Ma Carboniferous	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Litogyroceratidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Mosquoceratidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	326 Ma Carboniferous	290 Ma Permian
Nautilidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		990	296 Ma Permian	0 Ma Extant
Neptunoceratidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	304 Ma Carboniferous	304 Ma Carboniferous
Paracenoceratidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		122	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Paranautilidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	242 Ma Middle Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Permoceratidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Permonautilidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		19	279 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Pleuronautilidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Pseudonautilidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		109	199 Ma Early Jurassic	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Rhiphaeoceratidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		14	296 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Rutoceratidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		36	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	318 Ma Carboniferous
Scyphoceratidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		24	326 Ma Carboniferous	279 Ma Permian
Siberionautilidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Solenochilidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	260 Ma Permian
Syringonautilidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		68	260 Ma Permian	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Tainoceratidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		628	326 Ma Carboniferous	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Temnocheilidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	323 Ma Carboniferous	309 Ma Carboniferous
Tetragonoceratidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Thrincoceratidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Trigonoceratidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		87	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	254 Ma Permian
Adeloceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Alethynoceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Anepheloceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Anglonautlis ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Askeatonolucidum ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Bastindoceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Capriocornites ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Catastroboceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	326 Ma Carboniferous	326 Ma Carboniferous
Cranoceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Danzikoceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Dasbergoceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Dzhinsetoceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Exoticeras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Geitonoceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Grzegorzewskia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Hercoglossoceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Krykyloceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Kummeloceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	299 Ma Carboniferous	290 Ma Permian
Mahoningoceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Menuthionautlis ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Nautiloceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Neobistrialites ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Nikenautilus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	331 Ma Carboniferous	331 Ma Carboniferous
Palaskensis ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Parachouteauoceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	304 Ma Carboniferous	304 Ma Carboniferous
Perigrammoceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	318 Ma Carboniferous	318 Ma Carboniferous
Piratoceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pseudocatastroboceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pseudophacoceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pseudostenopoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	326 Ma Carboniferous	309 Ma Carboniferous
Pseudotitanoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	260 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Pteronautilus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Simplicioceras genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Soakinautilus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Thaymastoceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Trematodiscus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Uloceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Vertorhizoceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Yakutionautilus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Rhyncholithes ignotus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhyncholithes lineatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1808	Bisiphytes Montfort
1846	Nautilus delphinus Forbes p. 98
1847	Nautilida Agassiz
1850	Nautilus marcousanus d'Orbigny
1914	Nautilus normannicus von Loesch p. 103
1914	Nautilus marcoui von Loesch p. 113
1954	Bisiphytes Kummel p. 322
1964	Nautilida Teichert et al. p. 412
1984	Nautilida Squires p. 54
1985	Nautilina Klinger p. 3
2002	Nautilida Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Nautilida Alsen p. 124
2007	Nautilida Landman et al. p. 55
2008	Nautilida Kröger
2016	Nautilida Lehmann et al. p. 432

Year	Name and Author
1808	Bisiphytes Montfort
1846	Nautilus delphinus Forbes p. 98
1847	Nautilida Agassiz
1850	Nautilus marcousanus d'Orbigny
1914	Nautilus normannicus von Loesch p. 103
1914	Nautilus marcoui von Loesch p. 113
1954	Bisiphytes Kummel p. 322
1964	Nautilida Teichert et al. p. 412
1984	Nautilida Squires p. 54
1985	Nautilina Klinger p. 3
2002	Nautilida Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Nautilida Alsen p. 124
2007	Nautilida Landman et al. p. 55
2008	Nautilida Kröger
2016	Nautilida Lehmann et al. p. 432

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Forbes E. Report on the fossil invertebrata from southern India, collected by Mr. Kaye and Mr. Cunliffe, Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 7, 97-174

von Loesch K. C. (1914) Die Nautilen des weissen Jura, Palaeontographica 61, 57-146

Kummel B. (1954) Jurassic nautiloids from western North America, Journal of Paleontology 28, 320-324

Teichert C., Kummel B., et al (1964) Cephalopoda - general features - Endoceratoidea - Actinoceratoidea - Nautiloidea - Bactritoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology K 3, 1-519

Squires R. L. (1984) Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350, 1-76

Klinger H. C. (1985) Upper Cretaceous Cephalopoda from offshore deposits off the Natal south coast, South Africa., Palaeontologia Africana 26 1, 1-11

Alsen P. (2006) The Early Cretaceous (Late Ryazanian-Early Hauterivian) ammonite fauna of North-East Greenland: taxonomy, biostratigraphy, and biogeography, Fossils and Strata 53, 1-229

Landman N. H., Johnson R. O., et al (2007) Cephalopods from the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary interval on the Atlantic Coastal Plain. with a description of the highest ammonite zones in North America. Part III. Manasquan River Basin, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 303, 1-122

Kröger B. (2008) Nautiloids before and during the ammonoid origin in a Siluro–Devonian section of the Tafilalt (Morocco), Special Papers in Palaeontology 79, 1-110

Lehmann J., Hoffmann R., et al (2016) Cephalopoden aus unterkreidezeitlichen Geschieben der Region um Wolgast-Hohendorf, Vorpommern, Archiv für Geschiebekunde 7, 401-530

Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

An outline for the classification of Phylum Mollusca in taxonomic databases [report elaborated by WoRMS editors for internal use, june 2010] - via World Register of Marine Species

Sweeney, M. J. and C. F. E. Roper / N. A. Voss, M. Vecchione, R. B. Toll and M. J. Sweeney, eds., 1998: Classification, type localities and type repositories of recent Cephalopoda. Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II). 561-599. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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