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Indonautilus

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Indonautilus
Temporal range: Middle - Late Triassic
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Indonautilus

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.

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