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Cimomia tenuicosta

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae

Taxonomy
Cimomia tenuicosta was named by Glenister et al. (1956) [DISTRIBUTION: Campanian-Maastrichtian; western Australia.]. Its type specimen is Comm. Aust. Bur. Min. Res. 1714, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Angulithes (Cimomia) tenuicosta by Wiedmann (1960).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Cimomia tenuicosta Glenister et al. p. 495 figs. pl. 53, fig. 1-9
1960Angulithes (Cimomia) tenuicosta Wiedmann p. 182
1975Cimomia tenuicosta Shimansky p. 134

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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
speciestenuicosta

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 tenuicosta Glenister et al. 1956
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Australia (Western Australia) Cimomia tenuicosta (82036 82037)