Indonautilus

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| fossil_range = Middle - Late Triassic

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| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Mollusca

| classis = Cephalopoda

| ordo = Nautilida

| familia = Liroceratidae

| genus = Indonautilus

| genus_authority = Mojsisovics, 1902

}}

Indonautilus is an involute nautilid from the Middle and Upper Triassic. (Anisian-Norian), with a small or occluded umbilicus and subrectangular whorl section belonging to the Liroceratidae (Clydonaulilaceae). Flanks are slightly bowed, converging on a flattened venter. Ventro-lateral shoulders are narrowly rounded or angular. Umbilical shoulder are broadly rounded. The siphuncle is subdorsal.

Indonautilus has been found in Egypt, Israel, the Himalayas, and East Indies.

''References''

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  • Bernhard Kummel, 1964. Nautiloidea -Nautilida; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
  • [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=13220 Indonautilus] in the Paleobiology database 4/25/14

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Category:Prehistoric nautiloid genera

Category:Anisian genus first appearances

Category:Ladinian genera

Category:Carnian genera

Category:Norian genus extinctions

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