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Cimomia negritensis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae

Taxonomy
Eutrephoceras negritensis was named by Olsson (1928) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Peru.]. Its type specimen is PRI 3710, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Negritos [Pale Greda Fm] - Nautiloidea, which is in a Lutetian coastal siliciclastic in the Pale Greda Formation of Peru.

It was corrected as Eutrephoceras negritense by Maury (1930); it was recombined as Cimomia negritensis by Miller (1947).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Eutrephoceras negritensis Olsson p. 99 figs. pl. 26, figs. 1, 2
1930Eutrephoceras negritense Maury p. 249
1947Cimomia negritensis Miller p. 45

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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
speciesnegritensis()

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 negritensis Olsson 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height154.0
shell diameter186.0
shell inflation17.00

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: Lutetian or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Peru Eutrephoceras negritensis (type locality: 81881)