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1 April 2008 First discovery of fossil Nautilus pompilius Linnaeus, 1758 (Nautilidae, Cephalopoda) from Pangasinan, northwestern Philippines
Ryoji Wani, Roberto S. P. de Ocampo, Yolanda M. Aguilar, Maybellyn A. Zepeda, Yukito Kurihara, Kyoko Hagino, Hiroki Hayashi, Tomoki Kase
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Abstract

A chambered nautilus shell from the early Pleistocene deep-water sediments in the Bolinao area of Pangasinan province, northwestern Luzon, Philippines is described. Although the shell is fragmentary, the shell features indicate that the specimen is referable with reservation to the extant Nautilus pompilius Linnaeus, 1758. This finding represents the first and oldest fossil record of N. pompilius and complements the Plio-Pleistocene gap of the nautiloid fossil records. Taphonomic implications for Cenozoic nautiloids were briefly discussed.

Ryoji Wani, Roberto S. P. de Ocampo, Yolanda M. Aguilar, Maybellyn A. Zepeda, Yukito Kurihara, Kyoko Hagino, Hiroki Hayashi, and Tomoki Kase "First discovery of fossil Nautilus pompilius Linnaeus, 1758 (Nautilidae, Cephalopoda) from Pangasinan, northwestern Philippines," Paleontological Research 12(1), 89-95, (1 April 2008). https://doi.org/10.2517/1342-8144(2008)12[89:FDOFNP]2.0.CO;2
Received: 25 May 2007; Accepted: 1 August 2007; Published: 1 April 2008
KEYWORDS
Early Pleistocene
Nautilidae
Nautilus pompilius
Philippines
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