Zhuravlevia

Zhuravlevia
Temporal range: Aptian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Nautiloidea
Order:
†Mixosiphonata
Genus:
†Zhuravlevia

Doguzhaeva, 1994[1]
Type species
†Zhuravlevia insperata
Doguzhaeva, 1994

Zhuravlevia is an extinct genus of nautiloids that lived during the Early Cretaceous. It contains one valid species, Z. insperata. Its fossils have been found in the Caucasus region of Russia. It was the latest surviving orthoconic nautiloid, which otherwise went extinct in the Late Triassic.[1] It was originally assigned to the order Orthocerida,[1] but has since been reassigned to the order Mixosiphonata.[2]

  1. ^ a b c Doguzhaeva, L.A. (1994). "An Early Cretaceous orthocerid cephalopod from north-western Caucasus". Palaeontology. 37 (4): 889–899.
  2. ^ Mutvei, H. (2017). "The new order Mixosiphonata (Cephalopoda: Nautiloidea) and related taxa; estimations of habitat depth based on shell structure". GFF. 139 (3): 219–232. Bibcode:2017GFF...139..219M. doi:10.1080/11035897.2017.1330278.