Living Allonautilus anatomy supports a distinct genus within Nautilida and informs comparisons with selected fossils; it cannot resolve or temporally bound the broader historical Nautiloidea grouping.
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References / paperAllonautilus: a new genus of living nautiloid cephalopod and its bearing on phylogeny of the Nautilida
Ward, P.D.; Saunders, W.B.
Year1997
Source roleprimary-study
DOI / ID10.1017/S0022336000036039
Fitness and scope
taxonomy · topology · morphology
Living Allonautilus anatomy compared with Nautilus and selected fossils; Nautilida evidence cannot bound the broader historical Nautiloidea route.