Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1958. Upper Cretaceous of the Pacific Coast. Geological Society of America Memoir 71:1-378
Belongs to Nautilus (Cymatoceras) according to F. M. Anderson 1958
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 patagonicum, 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) saussureanus
Type specimen: Its type locality is CAS Loc2366 - Coalinga [Ragged Valley Shale], which is in a Maastrichtian marine shale in the Ragged Valley Shale Formation of California.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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