Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Full reference: W. B. Clark and G. C. Martin. 1901. Mollusca. Maryland Geological Survey, Eocene 122-203
Belongs to Hercoglossa according to A. K. Miller 1947
See also Clark and Martin 1901
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 simiensis, Hercoglossa splendens, Hercoglossa trichinopolitensis, Hercoglossa ulrichi, Hercoglossa utaturensis, Hercoglossa walteri, Hercoglossa waringi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Popes Creek (Johns Hopkins collection), which is in a Ypresian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in the Nanjemoy Formation of Maryland
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: Maryland collection)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Maryland)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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