#NewSpecies!
New nautiloid from late #permian #iran just surfaced:

Aifinautilus icanus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E487D4-FFCE-4918-FD8D-58948691FD1A
Publication: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1019.3071
#ejtaxonomy #AifinautilusIcanus

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #malacology #cephalopoda #nautiloidea #nautiloids #fossils #fossilfriday #paleo #paleontology

For my first #FossilFriday on Mastodon, here’s a #Nautiloidea shell on the cladding of a station of the Saint Petersburg Metro (subway). The cladding consists of the Lower #Jurassic limestone from Western Georgia (საქართველო).

#paleontology #palaeontology #fossils #invertebrates