Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Cenoceratidae
Full reference: G. Delanoy, C. Baudouin, R. Gonnet, G. Conte, and C. Frau. 2012. Sur la présence des genres Heminautilus Spath, 1927 et Eucymatoceras Spath, 1927 (Nautilida, Nautilaceae) dans le Barrémien inférieur du Gard (sud-est de la France). Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice 28:155-195
Belongs to Heminautilus according to C. Baudouin et al. 2016
See also Delanoy et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Heminautilus etheringtoni, Heminautilus japonicus, Heminautilus lallierianus, Heminautilus rangei, Heminautilus sanctaecrucis, Heminautilus saxbii, Heminautilus stantoni, Heminautilus tyosiensis
Type specimen: Baudouin Mej01a, a shell. Its type locality is La Lèque, Méjannes-le-Clap (Baudouin collection), which is in a Barremian carbonate limestone in France.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 119.1
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1 collection), France (6), Hungary (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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