Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Alternative combination: Nautilus elegans
Full reference: J. Sowerby. 1816. The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or colored figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the Earth. Parts XXI to XXVI. The mineral conchology of Great Britain 2(21-26):29-116
Belongs to Cymatoceras according to S. Schneider et al. 2013
See also Shimansky 1975
Sister taxa: Cymatoceras albense, Cymatoceras atlas, Cymatoceras bayfieldi, Cymatoceras bifidum, Cymatoceras bifurcatum, Cymatoceras carlottense, Cymatoceras cenomanense, Cymatoceras colombiana, Cymatoceras columbinum, Cymatoceras crebricostatum, Cymatoceras deslongchampsianum, Cymatoceras eichwaldi, Cymatoceras hendersoni, Cymatoceras hilli, Cymatoceras honmai, Cymatoceras hunstantonensis, Cymatoceras huxleyanum, Cymatoceras karakaschi, Cymatoceras kayeanum, Cymatoceras kossmati, Cymatoceras loricatum, Cymatoceras ludevigi, Cymatoceras manuanensis, Cymatoceras mikado, Cymatoceras neckerianum, Cymatoceras negama, Cymatoceras neocomiense, Cymatoceras pacificum, Cymatoceras paralibanoticum, Cymatoceras patagonicum, Cymatoceras patens, Cymatoceras perstriatum, Cymatoceras picteti, Cymatoceras pseudoatlas, Cymatoceras pseudoelegans, Cymatoceras pseudonegama, Cymatoceras pseudoneokomiense, Cymatoceras pulchrum, Cymatoceras radiatum, Cymatoceras renngarteni, Cymatoceras sakalavum, Cymatoceras sarysuense, Cymatoceras savelievi, Cymatoceras semilobatum, Cymatoceras sharpei, Cymatoceras tenuicostatum, Cymatoceras tourtiae, Cymatoceras tskaltsithelense, Cymatoceras tsukushiense, Cymatoceras virgatum, Cymatoceras yabei, Nautilus (Cymatoceras) formosus, Nautilus (Cymatoceras) hermosus, Nautilus (Cymatoceras) saussureanus
Type specimen: BMNH 5761
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (1 collection), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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