Solenochilus shumwayense Tucker 1976 (nautiloid)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Solenochilidae

Full reference: J. K. Tucker. 1976. A coiled nautiloid fauna from the Mattoon Formation (Pennsylvanian) of Illinois. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 69(1):57-77

Belongs to Solenochilus according to J. K. Tucker 1976

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PE 27887. Its type locality is Type localitity of Shumway Limestone Member, Matttoon Fm., Shumway Cyclothem, which is in a Virgilian carbonate lime mudstone/limestone in the Mattoon Formation of Illinois.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Type localitity of Shumway Limestone Member, Matttoon Fm., Shumway Cyclothem

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