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Cymatoceras pulchrum

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy
Cymatoceras pulchrum was named by Shimansky (1975). Its type specimen is PIN 1623/122, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Verkhorechye, Crimea (Barremian), which is in a Barremian marine horizon in Ukraine.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Cymatoceras pulchrum Shimansky p. 98 figs. Pl 17, 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)
familyNautilidaede Blainville 1825
genusCymatocerasHyatt 1884
speciespulchrum

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.

Cymatoceras pulchrum Shimansky 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height149.0
shell diameter187.0
shell inflation110.0

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:10:59
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:59
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Hauterivian to the top of the Barremian or 132.60000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Ukraine Cymatoceras pulchrum (165684)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.6 - 121.4Ukraine Cymatoceras pulchrum (165689)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Russian Federation Cymatoceras pulchrum (165688)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Ukraine Cymatoceras pulchrum (type locality: 165686)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Ukraine Cymatoceras pulchrum (165680 165687)