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Cimomia pusilla

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae

Taxonomy
Cimomia pusilla was named by Haas and Miller (1952) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Eastern Africa.]. Its type specimen is Sedgk. Mus. C 11979, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Cimomia pusilla Haas and Miller pp. pl. 21, figs. 1-3

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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
speciespusilla

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 pusilla Haas and Miller 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height17.50
shell diameter116.0
shell inflation10.001

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: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Somalia Cimomia pusilla (81771 81773)