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Hercoglossa simiensis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae

Taxonomy
Hercoglossa simiensis was named by Vokes (1937). Its type specimen is UCMP 15985, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP 7016, Simi Valley, Santa Susana, which is in a Thanetian marine siliciclastic in the Santa Susana Formation of California.

It was recombined as Woodringia simiensis by Stenzel (1940), Miller (1947).

Entered
by K. Okamoto (authorized by M. Clapham) on 2015-02-04; modified by M. Clapham on 2015-07-26

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Hercoglossa simiensis Vokes p. 5,8 figs. pl.1, figs. 3,4
1940Woodringia simiensis Stenzel p. 755,756,757 figs. pl.35, fig. 4
1947Woodringia simiensis Miller p. 67 figs. pl 17, figs 5,6
1956Hercoglossa simiensis Kummel p. 462

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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
genusHercoglossaConrad 1866
speciessimiensis

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.

†Hercoglossa simiensis Vokes 1937
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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: Thanetian or 59.24000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (California) Hercoglossa simiensis (type locality: 166086)