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Cimomia imperialis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus imperialis was named by Sowerby (1812) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Eocene; Europe.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Highgate Archway, which is in a Ypresian offshore claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Eutrephoceras imperialis by Kummel (1963); it was recombined as Cimomia imperialis by Kummel (1956), Jeffery and Tracey (1997), Dzik and Gazdzicki (2001), Hewitt (2002), Schnetler and Heilmann-Clausen (2011).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1812Nautilus imperialis Sowerby p. 9 figs. Pl 1
1835Nautilus lamarckii Deshayes p. 767 figs. Pl 100, fig 1
1849Nautilus imperialis Edwards p. 47 figs. Pl 5
1865Nautilus lamarckii Deshayes p. 625
1956Cimomia imperialis Kummel p. 336
1963Eutrephoceras imperialis Kummel p. 358 figs. Pl 30, figs 1-3
1997Cimomia imperialis Jeffery and Tracey p. 103 figs. Pl 15, figs 7,8
2001Cimomia imperialis Dzik and Gazdzicki p. 299 figs. 2A-B
2002Cimomia imperialis Hewitt p. 45
2010Angulithes lamarckii Pacaud p. 124
2011Cimomia imperialis Schnetler and Heilmann-Clausen p. 77 figs. Pl 7, figs 13,14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyHercoglossidaeSpath 1927
genusCimomiaConrad 1866
speciesimperialis()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Cimomia imperialis Sowerby 1812
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Invalid names: Nautilus lamarckii Deshayes 1835 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (Kent) Nautilus imperialis (165977)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Antarctica Cimomia imperialis (75456)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom Nautilus imperialis (165982 165983 165984 165985 165986 165987 165992 165993)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Cimomia imperialis (3266 3267 3268)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy Cimomia imperialis (171516)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Denmark Cimomia imperialis (180458 180459 180460)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France Nautilus lamarckii (171525 171527 171539 171540) Nautilus pompilius (184107 184112 184116)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Cimomia imperialis (8124) Nautilus imperialis (165979)