Cimomia sahariensis Keller 1932 (nautiloid)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae

Alternative combination: Nautilus sahariensis

Full reference: A. Keller. 1932. Mission saharienne Augiéras-Draper, 1927-1928. Sur une nouvelle espèce de nautile éocène du Soudan Français. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 2e Série 4:564-567

Belongs to Cimomia according to A. K. Miller 1951

See also Keller 1932

Sister taxa: Cimomia (Afrocimomia), Cimomia blakei, Cimomia buccinaeformis, Cimomia burtini, Cimomia camachoi, Cimomia desertora, Cimomia dessauvagiei, 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 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: Its type locality is Wadi 2 km west of Asselar, which is in a Selandian/Thanetian carbonate limestone in the Teberemt Formation of Mali

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Wadi 2 km west of Asselar

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