Cymatoceras patagonicum Cichowolski 2003 (nautiloid)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Full reference: M. Cichowolski. 2003. The nautiloid genus Cymatoceras from the Cretaceous of the Neuquén and Austral basins, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 24(4):375-390

Belongs to Cymatoceras according to M. Cichowolski 2003

Sister taxa: Cymatoceras albense, Cymatoceras atlas, Cymatoceras bayfieldi, Cymatoceras bifidum, Cymatoceras bifurcatum, Cymatoceras carlottense, Cymatoceras cenomanense, Cymatoceras colombiana, Cymatoceras columbinum, Cymatoceras crebricostatum, Cymatoceras deslongchampsianum, Cymatoceras eichwaldi, Cymatoceras elegans, Cymatoceras hendersoni, Cymatoceras hilli, Cymatoceras honmai, Cymatoceras hunstantonensis, Cymatoceras huxleyanum, Cymatoceras karakaschi, Cymatoceras kayeanum, Cymatoceras kossmati, Cymatoceras loricatum, Cymatoceras ludevigi, Cymatoceras manuanensis, Cymatoceras mikado, Cymatoceras neckerianum, Cymatoceras negama, Cymatoceras neocomiense, Cymatoceras pacificum, Cymatoceras paralibanoticum, Cymatoceras patens, Cymatoceras perstriatum, Cymatoceras picteti, Cymatoceras pseudoatlas, Cymatoceras pseudoelegans, Cymatoceras pseudonegama, Cymatoceras pseudoneokomiense, Cymatoceras pulchrum, Cymatoceras radiatum, Cymatoceras renngarteni, Cymatoceras sakalavum, Cymatoceras sarysuense, Cymatoceras savelievi, Cymatoceras semilobatum, Cymatoceras sharpei, Cymatoceras tenuicostatum, Cymatoceras tourtiae, Cymatoceras tskaltsithelense, Cymatoceras tsukushiense, Cymatoceras virgatum, Cymatoceras yabei, Nautilus (Cymatoceras) formosus, Nautilus (Cymatoceras) hermosus, Nautilus (Cymatoceras) saussureanus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Puesto Nidaros, Austral Basin, which is in a Turonian marine horizon in the Cerro Toro Formation of Argentina

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 4.01

Distribution: found only at Puesto Nidaros, Austral Basin

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