Nautilida

The Nautilida constitute a large and diverse order of generally coiled nautiloid cephalopods that began in the mid Paleozoic and continues to the present with a single family, the Nautilidae which includes two genera, Nautilus and Allonautilus, with six species. All told, between 22 and 34 families and 165 to 184 genera have been recognised, making this the largest order of the subclass Nautiloidea.

Nautilida

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
NautiliaPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB
Life habit
nektobenthicPBDB
Motility
actively mobilePBDB
Vision
well-developedPBDB, for Cephalopoda
Environment
marinePBDB, for Cephalopoda

Time the record covers

At least 467 million years on record.

The record covers at least 468 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 477.1 Mya to 0 Mya.

Ordovician — about 5 of 4883 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 4 of 4883 occurrencesDevonian — about 39 of 4883 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 684 of 4883 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 885 of 4883 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 146 of 4883 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 313 of 4883 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 342 of 4883 occurrencesEarly Jurassic — about 219 of 4883 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 230 of 4883 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 159 of 4883 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 366 of 4883 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 511 of 4883 occurrencesPaleocene — about 230 of 4883 occurrencesEocene — about 445 of 4883 occurrencesOligocene — about 72 of 4883 occurrencesMiocene — about 201 of 4883 occurrencesPliocene — about 1 of 4883 occurrencesPleistocene — about 2 of 4883 occurrences487–470 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences470–454 Mya — about 1 occurrence454–438 Mya — about 3 occurrences438–422 Mya — about 2 occurrences422–406 Mya — about 16 occurrences406–389 Mya — about 12 occurrences389–373 Mya — about 12 occurrences373–357 Mya — about 3 occurrences357–341 Mya — about 44 occurrences341–324 Mya — about 262 occurrences324–308 Mya — about 152 occurrences308–292 Mya — about 274 occurrences292–276 Mya — about 251 occurrences276–260 Mya — about 142 occurrences260–243 Mya — about 708 occurrences243–227 Mya — about 391 occurrences227–211 Mya — about 86 occurrences211–195 Mya — about 109 occurrences195–178 Mya — about 121 occurrences178–162 Mya — about 256 occurrences162–146 Mya — about 169 occurrences146–130 Mya — about 55 occurrences130–114 Mya — about 237 occurrences114–97 Mya — about 124 occurrences97–81 Mya — about 165 occurrences81–65 Mya — about 341 occurrences65–49 Mya — about 301 occurrences49–32 Mya — about 346 occurrences32–16 Mya — about 159 occurrences16–0 Mya — about 137 occurrences468 Mya11.7 ka487 Mya0 Mya

4,883 occurrences of Nautilida on record, most of them in the Permian. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

4,883 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

770 formations

Graham — 32.73°N, 98.64°WGraham — 33.27°N, 98.11°WGraham — 33.18°N, 98.15°WGraham — 33.17°N, 98.15°WGraham — 33.13°N, 98.16°WGraham — 33.05°N, 98.40°WGraham — 33.12°N, 98.30°WGraham — 33.14°N, 99.18°WHalstatt — 47.60°N, 13.88°EHalstatt — 46.63°N, 13.68°EHalstatt — 47.62°N, 14.75°EHalstatt — 47.65°N, 13.70°EHalstatt — 47.56°N, 13.63°EHalstatt — 47.63°N, 13.69°EHalstatt — 47.59°N, 13.85°EHalstatt — 47.67°N, 13.10°EJulfa — 38.94°N, 45.51°EJulfa — 39.01°N, 45.43°EJulfa — 38.73°N, 45.58°EPrairie Bluff — 34.63°N, 88.84°WPrairie Bluff — 33.90°N, 88.98°WPrairie Bluff — 33.79°N, 88.97°WPrairie Bluff — 33.79°N, 88.91°WPrairie Bluff — 33.72°N, 88.92°WPrairie Bluff — 33.50°N, 88.81°WPrairie Bluff — 33.38°N, 88.74°WPrairie Bluff — 33.15°N, 88.67°WPrairie Bluff — 33.05°N, 88.56°WPrairie Bluff — 32.91°N, 88.51°WPrairie Bluff — 34.48°N, 88.98°WPrairie Bluff — 32.73°N, 88.30°WPrairie Bluff — 32.74°N, 88.36°WPrairie Bluff — 32.66°N, 88.17°WPrairie Bluff — 32.61°N, 88.24°WPrairie Bluff — 32.49°N, 88.10°WPrairie Bluff — 32.43°N, 88.04°WPrairie Bluff — 32.39°N, 87.92°WPrairie Bluff — 32.23°N, 87.50°WPrairie Bluff — 32.14°N, 87.42°WPrairie Bluff — 32.07°N, 87.33°WPrairie Bluff — 32.04°N, 87.26°WPrairie Bluff — 32.08°N, 87.03°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.81°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.81°WPrairie Bluff — 31.97°N, 86.72°WPrairie Bluff — 31.98°N, 86.00°WPrairie Bluff — 31.99°N, 85.92°WLondon Clay — 51.40°N, 0.83°ELondon Clay — 50.83°N, 0.78°WLondon Clay — 50.89°N, 1.28°WLondon Clay — 51.73°N, 0.48°ELondon Clay — 50.78°N, 0.65°WLondon Clay — 51.51°N, 0.24°ELondon Clay — 51.53°N, 0.15°WLondon Clay — 51.46°N, 0.30°WLondon Clay — 51.41°N, 0.91°ELondon Clay — 51.53°N, 0.10°WLondon Clay — 51.58°N, 0.15°WLondon Clay — 51.29°N, 1.05°WLondon Clay — 51.28°N, 0.99°WLondon Clay — 51.63°N, 0.16°WLondon Clay — 51.94°N, 1.27°EHambast — 30.91°N, 53.22°EHambast — 31.57°N, 52.44°EDhruma — 24.23°N, 46.58°EDhruma — 23.17°N, 46.33°EDhruma — 25.33°N, 45.50°EDhruma — 25.50°N, 45.00°EDhruma — 22.50°N, 46.00°EDhruma — 21.88°N, 45.67°EDhruma — 23.97°N, 46.17°EDhruma — 21.17°N, 45.50°EDhruma — 24.75°N, 46.00°EDhruma — 25.42°N, 45.00°EDhruma — 25.17°N, 45.50°EDhruma — 24.75°N, 46.08°EDhruma — 25.05°N, 45.67°EDhruma — 21.88°N, 45.83°EDhruma — 25.50°N, 45.22°EDhruma — 25.30°N, 45.25°EFayetteville — 36.07°N, 94.17°WFayetteville — 35.88°N, 92.63°WFayetteville — 36.02°N, 94.16°WFayetteville — 36.06°N, 94.13°WFayetteville — 36.00°N, 94.08°WFayetteville — 35.79°N, 93.26°WFayetteville — 35.85°N, 94.44°WFayetteville — 35.99°N, 94.30°WFayetteville — 35.74°N, 91.82°WFayetteville — 36.05°N, 92.79°WFayetteville — 35.94°N, 94.20°WFayetteville — 35.85°N, 93.97°WChhidru — 32.25°N, 71.14°EChhidru — 32.51°N, 71.93°EChhidru — 32.48°N, 72.20°EChhidru — 32.47°N, 71.97°EChhidru — 32.44°N, 72.20°EChhidru — 32.41°N, 72.10°EChhidru — 32.48°N, 71.85°EChhidru — 32.63°N, 71.75°EChhidru — 32.72°N, 71.75°EChangxing — 29.92°N, 106.43°EChangxing — 31.00°N, 119.75°EChangxing — 26.70°N, 106.35°EChangxing — 31.08°N, 119.71°EChangxing — 25.72°N, 112.82°EChangxing — 30.99°N, 119.56°EChangxing — 26.14°N, 105.28°EChangxing — 26.03°N, 105.10°EChangxing — 26.24°N, 105.45°EChangxing — 26.71°N, 105.27°EChangxing — 26.20°N, 106.86°EChangxing — 25.65°N, 112.48°EChangxing — 29.49°N, 106.40°ESan Andres — 32.98°N, 105.72°WSan Andres — 32.92°N, 105.73°WSan Andres — 33.15°N, 106.71°WSan Andres — 32.89°N, 105.17°WSan Andres — 32.95°N, 105.83°WSan Andres — 32.26°N, 104.72°WSan Andres — 35.03°N, 108.04°WSan Andres — 35.30°N, 108.10°WBellerophon — 46.58°N, 11.70°EBellerophon — 46.65°N, 12.20°EBellerophon — 46.66°N, 11.83°EBellerophon — 46.36°N, 11.42°EUlakhan-Krest — 71.81°N, 127.24°EUlakhan-Krest — 71.70°N, 127.80°EUlakhan-Krest — 71.72°N, 127.49°EUlakhan-Krest — 70.81°N, 128.10°EUlakhan-Krest — 70.90°N, 145.50°EUlakhan-Krest — 70.00°N, 138.50°EClayton — 30.71°N, 84.86°WClayton — 31.90°N, 87.07°WClayton — 32.08°N, 87.33°WClayton — 31.89°N, 84.80°WClayton — 32.21°N, 87.48°WClayton — 31.93°N, 86.68°WClayton — 31.95°N, 86.71°WClayton — 31.99°N, 87.07°WClayton — 31.98°N, 87.22°WClayton — 32.11°N, 87.42°WClayton — 31.98°N, 86.97°WClayton — 33.40°N, 88.83°WClayton — 33.17°N, 88.71°WClayton — 33.47°N, 88.91°WClayton — 32.28°N, 86.61°WClayton — 32.29°N, 87.77°WClayton — 34.65°N, 92.43°WImo — 35.78°N, 92.55°WImo — 35.83°N, 92.57°WImo — 35.80°N, 92.77°WImo — 35.76°N, 92.93°WImo — 35.66°N, 91.61°WImo — 35.85°N, 92.13°WImo — 35.77°N, 92.44°WAkhura — 39.60°N, 45.15°EAkhura — 39.56°N, 45.21°EAkhura — 38.97°N, 45.53°EAkhura — 39.45°N, 45.23°ETataouine — 33.00°N, 10.47°ETataouine — 32.79°N, 10.47°ETataouine — 32.74°N, 10.48°ETataouine — 32.63°N, 10.35°EWargal — 32.53°N, 72.20°EWargal — 32.61°N, 71.76°EWargal — 32.55°N, 72.37°EWargal — 32.57°N, 72.41°EWargal — 32.52°N, 72.30°EWargal — 32.43°N, 72.28°EWargal — 32.47°N, 71.97°EWargal — 32.47°N, 71.95°EWargal — 32.55°N, 71.77°EWargal — 32.70°N, 71.65°EJurensismergel — 49.91°N, 11.46°EJurensismergel — 47.95°N, 7.82°EKaibab — 35.20°N, 111.57°WKaibab — 35.10°N, 111.10°WKaibab — 35.15°N, 111.65°WKaibab — 36.15°N, 112.71°WKaibab — 36.20°N, 111.65°WKaibab — 35.16°N, 111.29°WKaibab — 36.05°N, 112.14°WKaibab — 36.06°N, 112.12°WKaibab — 34.98°N, 111.77°WKaibab — 37.86°N, 111.14°WJulfa — 39.60°N, 45.15°EJulfa — 39.58°N, 45.23°EJulfa — 38.97°N, 45.53°EPietra Leccese — 40.03°N, 18.41°EPietra Leccese — 40.10°N, 18.50°EPietra Leccese — 39.93°N, 18.39°EPietra Leccese — 39.83°N, 18.38°EPietra Leccese — 40.15°N, 18.30°EPietra Leccese — 40.37°N, 18.16°EDalong — 26.03°N, 105.10°EDalong — 24.80°N, 109.44°EDalong — 26.67°N, 106.23°EDalong — 26.54°N, 106.68°EDalong — 26.51°N, 106.87°ECassian — 46.55°N, 11.93°ECassian — 46.57°N, 11.94°ECassian — 46.51°N, 11.95°E

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The named rock units Nautilida has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 746 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 1,784 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Nautilida and its relatives

Permian

Where Nautilida and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

2,272 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,414 sites for Nautilida, and this reads 240 of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

833 references

Each of the 4,883 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 821 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Nautilida

Credit
nobody named on the record
Licence
Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC0 Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itNautilia through timeFormations of the PermianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Agassiz 1847)