Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Full reference: O. S. Adegoke. 1977. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Ewekoro Formation (Paleocene) of Southwestern Nigeria. Bulletins of American Paleontology 71(295):1-379
Belongs to Cimomia according to O. S. Adegoke 1977
Sister taxa: Cimomia (Afrocimomia), Cimomia blakei, Cimomia buccinaeformis, Cimomia burtini, Cimomia camachoi, Cimomia desertora, 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 vestali, Cimomia wylliei
Type specimen: UIMG 128, a shell. Its type locality is Ewekoro Quarry, which is in a Selandian open shallow subtidal packstone in the Ewekoro Formation of Nigeria.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 65.9
Distribution: found only at Ewekoro Quarry
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