Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae
Alternative combination: Nautilus peregrinus
Full reference: W. H. Waagen. 1879. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part I. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(1):1-72
Belongs to Paranautilus according to B. Kummel 1953
See also Reed 1944 and Waagen 1879
Sister taxa: Paranautilus anisi, Paranautilus asiaticus, Paranautilus brembanus, Paranautilus bullockii, Paranautilus expansus, Paranautilus indifferens, Paranautilus karczi, Paranautilus modestus, Paranautilus nodatus, Paranautilus sibylloides, Paranautilus simonyi, Paranautilus smithi, Paranautilus sphaeroidalis, Paranautilus tommasii
Type specimen: Its type locality is Khura, compact limestones, Middle Productus-limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 90.0
Distribution:
• Permian of Pakistan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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