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Rhyncholith
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Taxonomy
Nautilus jaw section
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Nautilida
Family: Nautilidae
Genus: Rhyncholites
Species: Rhyncholith
Author Citation D'Orbigny
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Jurassic
Epoch: Late
International Age: Oxfordian
Stratigraphy
No Formations in France
Provenance
Collector: Roger Furze
Date Collected: 08/09/2003
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Length: 9 mm
Location
Col de Peyruergue
Provence
France
Comments
Part of the upper jaw section of a nautilus, sometimes called a beak. This name is not a genus, but rather a term which has its origin in a diagnostic mistake in the nomenclature made by the early paleontologist D'Orbigny.
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