Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Full reference: A. K. Miller and M. L. Thompson. 1937. Beiträge zur Kenntnis tropisch-americkanischer Tertiärmollusken. VI. Some Tertiary nautiloids from Venezuela and Trinidad. Ecologae Geologicae Helvetiae 30(1):59-73
Belongs to Hercoglossa according to A. K. Miller 1947
See also Miller and Thompson 1937
Sister taxa: Hercoglossa asiatica, Hercoglossa danica, Hercoglossa diderrichi, Hercoglossa gardnerae, 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 simiensis, Hercoglossa splendens, Hercoglossa trichinopolitensis, Hercoglossa tuomeyi, Hercoglossa ulrichi, Hercoglossa utaturensis, Hercoglossa walteri, Hercoglossa waringi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Marac Quarry (Rutsch locality 22), which is in a Thanetian marine limestone in the Soldado Formation of Trinidad and Tobago
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 68.6
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Trinidad and Tobago (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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