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Cymatoceras pacificum

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy
Cymatoceras pacificum was named by Matsumoto and Muramoto (1983). Its type specimen is MC.TS-3025, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yamato, Wakkawembets stream, which is in a Campanian marine mudstone in Japan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Cymatoceras pacificum Matsumoto and Muramoto p. 92 figs. Pl 18, fig 1; pl 19, fig 1; pl 20, figs 1,2; text-fig 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
speciespacificum

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 pacificum Matsumoto and Muramoto 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height252.935.080.057.531.8
shell diameter290.563.0130.096.547.4
shell inflation28.636.2012.09.104.10

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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Campanian or 83.50000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Japan Cymatoceras pacificum (type locality: 166250)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Russian Federation Cymatoceras pacificum (166253)