Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Synonym: Kummeloceras Matsumoto 1983 [replaced name]
Full reference: T. Matsumoto. 1984. Postscript, in Cretaceous nautiloids from Hokkaido - V. Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 134:335-346
Parent taxon: Nautilidae according to R. L. Squires 2001
See also Matsumoto 1983 and Matsumoto 1984
Sister taxa: Allonautilus, Anglonautilus, Angulithes, Belmonticeras, Carinonautilus, Cymatoceras, Deltocymatoceras, Epicymatoceras, Euciphoceras, Eucymatoceras, Eutrephoceras, Ligeiceras, Nautilinae, Nautilopsis, Nautilus, Nautilus fricator, Paracymatoceras, Pseudocenoceras, Stenzeloceras, Strionautilus
Subtaxa: Kummelonautilus angustus Kummelonautilus bryani Kummelonautilus kamuy Kummelonautilus splendens Kummelonautilus yamashitai Kummelonautilus yezoensis
Type: Kummeloceras yamashitai
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: California collections)
• Paleocene of United States (2: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Japan (9), Spain (1), United States (1: Arizona)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
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