Permonautilus

Not to be confused with Permoceras.

Permonautilus is an extinct genus of nautilids from the Upper Permian of Russia, named and described by Kruglov in 1933. Permonautilus is an involute, globular, spinose member of the Lirocertidae which are included in the Clydonautilaceae. Whorl sections are broad, with a rounded venter. The umbilicus in the middle of the shell is deep, from which spine-like processes extend laterally in the mature portion near the aperture. The siphuncle in Permonautilus is subcentral, the suture, slightly sinuous.

Permonautilus Temporal range: U Permian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Nautiloidea
Order:	Nautilida
Superfamily:	Clydonautilaceae
Family:	Liroceratidae
Genus:	Permonautilus Kruglov (1933)

Externally, Permonautilus closely resembles the Pennsylvanian – Lower Permian Solenochilus and the Upper Mississippian Acanthonautilus, both which belong to the superfamily Aipocerataceae: Permonautilus differs from the latter two genera in the anatomy of the subcentral siphuncle.

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Marine life portal

• Nautiloid
  • List of nautiloids