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Cymatoceras kossmati

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus (Cymatoceras) kossmati was named by Spengler (1910). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Odium, beds with Schloenbachia inflata, which is in an Albian marine limestone in India.

It was recombined as Cymatoceras kossmati by Kummel (1956), Shimansky (1975).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Nautilus (Cymatoceras) kossmati Spengler p. 129 figs. pl 12, fig 7b
1956Cymatoceras kossmati Kummel p. 425
1975Cymatoceras kossmati Shimansky p. 89

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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
specieskossmati()

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 kossmati Spengler 1910
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height167.0
shell diameter1118.0
shell inflation19.20

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 2003, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Albian or 106.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5India Nautilus kossmati (type locality: 166270)