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Hercoglossa ulrichi

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus ulrichi was named by White (1882) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Eocene; Mexico, Gulf Coastal Plain..]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Hercoglossa (Enclimatoceras) ulrichi by Grabau and Shimer (1910); it was recombined as Enclimatoceras ulrichi by Deussen (1914), Deussen (1924), Gardner (1926) and Semmes (1929); it was recombined as Hercoglossa ulrichi by Douvillé (1929), Miller and Thompson (1933), Gardner (1933), Pijpers (1933), Stenzel (1940), Stenzel (1942), Shimer and Shrock (1944), Miller (1947), Toulmin (1977) and Perrilliat et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Nautilus ulrichi White
1910Hercoglossa (Enclimatoceras) ulrichi Grabau and Shimer pp. 111-112
1914Enclimatoceras ulrichi Deussen p. 58 figs. pl. 3, figs. 1-1b
1924Enclimatoceras ulrichi Deussen p. 41
1926Enclimatoceras ulrichi Gardner p. 453
1929Hercoglossa ulrichi Douvillé p. 167
1929Enclimatoceras ulrichi Semmes pp. 232, 233
1933Hercoglossa ulrichi Gardner p. 320
1933Hercoglossa ulrichi Miller and Thompson p. 319
1933Hercoglossa ulrichi Pijpers p. 30
1940Hercoglossa ulrichi Stenzel p. 744
1942Hercoglossa ulrichi Stenzel
1944Hercoglossa ulrichi Shimer and Shrock p. 549
1947Hercoglossa ulrichi Miller p. 60
1977Hercoglossa ulrichi Toulmin p. 155 figs. Pl 5, fig 5
2006Hercoglossa ulrichi Perrilliat et al. p. 151

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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
genusHercoglossaConrad 1866
speciesulrichi(White 1882)

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.

†Hercoglossa ulrichi White 1882
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height350.113.0105.092.049.8
shell diameter381.123.0160.0145.075.1
shell inflation33.111.006.005.002.65

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Lutetian or 66.00000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Alabama) Hercoglossa ulrichi (81891)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) Hercoglossa ulrichi (109596 205466)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Arkansas) Enclimatoceras ulrichi (91872)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Georgia) Hercoglossa ulrichi (2832)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Alabama) Hercoglossa ulrichi (2814 2815 2836 2838 2839 2841 2848 2849 2850 2851 2852 2858 2859 2861 2862 2863 2867)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Texas) Hercoglossa ulrichi (80973)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Arkansas) Hercoglossa ulrichi (80974)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Mexico (Chiapas) Hercoglossa ulrichi (79943)