Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Cenoceratidae
Full reference: G. Conte. 1980. Heminautilus sanctaecrucis, nouvelle espèce de nautiloïde Cretace. Geobios 13:137-141
Belongs to Heminautilus according to C. Baudouin et al. 2016
See also Conte 1980 and Conte 2010
Sister taxa: Heminautilus boselliorum, Heminautilus etheringtoni, Heminautilus japonicus, Heminautilus lallierianus, Heminautilus rangei, Heminautilus saxbii, Heminautilus stantoni, Heminautilus tyosiensis
Type specimen: MGL 20747, a shell. Its type locality is Sainte-Croix (marne jaune), which is in an Aptian carbonate marl in Switzerland.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 121.6
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (4 collections), Switzerland (3)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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