- Nanno (animal)
Taxobox
fossil_range = MiddleOrdovician
name = " Nanno "
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Mollusca
classis =Cephalopod a
subclassis =Nautiloidea
ordo =Endocerida
familia =Endoceratidae
genus = " Nanno "
genus_authority = Clarke, 1941Nanno in cephalopod paleontology, as commonly used, refers to endocerids in which the
siphuncle swells to fill the entire apex of the shell leaving septa and camerae to begin a few centimeters forward, having a morphologic rather than a taxonomic connotation.The term is based on the genus "Nanno", named by Clarke in 1894 for the apical end of an endocerid from the
Trenton Limestone of New York state that has the basic description, possibly the senior synonym for "Proterovaginoceras " . As a valid genus, Nanno is included in theEndoceratidae but the nanno type apex may be found in other familiesReferences
*Flower R. H. 1955 , Status of Endoceroid Classification, Journ Paleontology V.29, no.3, May 1955, pp 329- 370
*Teichert, C, 1964, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Vol K, p. K178 in Endoceratidae, start p K170; GSA and University of Kansas Press.
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