Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Alternative combination: Woodringia simiensis
Full reference: H. E. Vokes. 1937. Nautiloid cephalopods from the Eocene of California. Journal of Paleontology 11:3-9
Belongs to Hercoglossa according to B. Kummel 1956
See also Miller 1947 and Vokes 1937
Sister taxa: Hercoglossa asiatica, Hercoglossa danica, Hercoglossa diderrichi, Hercoglossa gardnerae, Hercoglossa harrisi, Hercoglossa indica, Hercoglossa madagascariensis, Hercoglossa majungaensis, Hercoglossa maracaiboensis, Hercoglossa mcglameryae, Hercoglossa merriami, Hercoglossa orbiculata, Hercoglossa pavlowi, Hercoglossa peruviana, Hercoglossa popenoei, Hercoglossa rionegrensis, Hercoglossa romeroi, Hercoglossa splendens, Hercoglossa trichinopolitensis, Hercoglossa tuomeyi, Hercoglossa ulrichi, Hercoglossa utaturensis, Hercoglossa walteri, Hercoglossa waringi
Type specimen: UCMP 15985, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP 7016, Simi Valley, Santa Susana, which is in a Thanetian marine siliciclastic in the Santa Susana Formation of California.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at UCMP 7016, Simi Valley, Santa Susana
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