Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Full reference: A. K. Miller and M. L. Thompson. 1933. The nautiloid cephalopods of the Midway Group. Journal of Paleontology 7(3):298-324
Belongs to Cimomia according to A. K. Miller and M. L. Thompson 1933
Sister taxa: Cimomia (Afrocimomia), Cimomia blakei, Cimomia buccinaeformis, Cimomia burtini, Cimomia camachoi, Cimomia desertora, Cimomia dessauvagiei, Cimomia elliptica, Cimomia felix, Cimomia forbesi, Cimomia galicianus, Cimomia gosavicus, Cimomia haltomi, Cimomia heberti, Cimomia hesperia, Cimomia hilarionis, Cimomia hunti, Cimomia imperialis, Cimomia intuscatenatus, Cimomia karkarensis, Cimomia kugleri, Cimomia kurkurensis, Cimomia landanensis, Cimomia leonicensis, Cimomia macfadyeni, Cimomia marylandensis, Cimomia milleri, Cimomia mokattamensis, Cimomia negritensis, Cimomia ogbei, Cimomia pernambucensis, Cimomia pusilla, Cimomia reymenti, Cimomia sahariensis, Cimomia schroederi, Cimomia seelandi, Cimomia septemcastrensis, Cimomia sowerbyana, Cimomia stoliczkai, Cimomia subrecta, Cimomia sudanensis, Cimomia tenuicosta, Cimomia tessieri, Cimomia vaughani, Cimomia wylliei
Type specimen: SUI 616, a shell. Its type locality is Trim Cane Creek, which is in a Danian marine horizon in the Clayton Formation of Mississippi.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 147.9
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (2: Mississippi collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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