Nautilus clarkanus

{{Short description|Extinct species of mollusc}}

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| name = "Nautilus" clarkanus

| fossil_range = Carboniferous

| image = Nautilus clarkanus.jpg

| genus = Nautilus

| species = clarkanus

| authority = Hall, 1858

|extinct=yes

}}

"Nautilus" clarkanus is an extinct species of nautiloid. It lived during the Lower Carboniferous. Fossil specimens have been uncovered in the Spergen Hill Limestone formation of Indiana.

References

  • [http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/1695/1/B001a05.pdf On the Fauna of the Lower Carboniferous limnestones of Spergen Hill, Ind., with a revision of the descriptions of its Fossils hitherto published, and illustrations of the species from the original type series]

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Category:Prehistoric nautiloids

Category:Carboniferous cephalopods

Category:Carboniferous animals of North America

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