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Cymatoceratidae

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Cymatoceratidae

Taxonomy
Cymatoceratidae was named by Spath (1927).

It was reranked as the subfamily Cymatoceratinae by Gliozzi and Malatesta (1983).

It was assigned to Nautilitaceae by Teichert et al. (1964); to Nautilidae by Gliozzi and Malatesta (1983); and to Nautilaceae by Sundberg (1984).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Cymatoceratidae Spath
1964Cymatoceratidae Teichert et al. p. 452
1983Cymatoceratinae Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 110
1984Cymatoceratidae Sundberg p. 43

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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)
familyCymatoceratidaeSpath 1927
familyCymatoceratidaeSpath 1927

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.

Fm. †Cymatoceratidae Spath 1927
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G. †Cymatonautilus Spath 1927
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G. †Neocymatoceras Kobayashi 1954
G. †Procymatoceras Spath 1927
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G. †Syrionautilus Spath 1927
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Syrionautilus libanoticus Foord and Crick 1890
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 Early/Lower Callovian to the top of the Late/Upper Santonian or 165.30000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia Cymatonautilus collignoni (48585)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5India (Gujarat) Cymatonautilus collignoni (167388)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar Procymatoceras intumescens (98126 98138)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5India (Gujarat) Cymatonautilus collignoni (167363)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Iran Cymatoceratidae indet. (236146 236160 236182)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Lebanon Nautilus libanoticus (170327)