Temnocheilus multituberculatum Waagen 1879 (nautiloid)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Temnocheilidae

Alternative combinations: Foordiceras multituberculatum, Nautilus multituberculatus, Temnocheilus multituberculatus

Full reference: W. H. Waagen. 1879. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part I. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(1):1-72

Belongs to Temnocheilus according to A. K. Miller and A. G. Unklesbay 1942

See also Hyatt 1893, Reed 1944 and Waagen 1879

Sister taxa: Nautilus (Temnocheilus) suevicus, Temnocheilus aubrechtovae, Temnocheilus coronatiformae, Temnocheilus crassus, Temnocheilus grewingki, Temnocheilus harneri, Temnocheilus imazighenorum, Temnocheilus morloti, Temnocheilus neumayri, Temnocheilus winslowi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Amb, very highest beds of Productus-limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Changhsingian coastal sandstone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 41.5

Distribution:

• Permian of China (2 collections), Pakistan (4)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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