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Heminautilus sanctaecrucis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Cenoceratidae

Taxonomy
Heminautilus sanctaecrucis was named by Conte (1980). Its type specimen is MGL 20747, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sainte-Croix (marne jaune), which is in an Aptian carbonate marl in Switzerland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Heminautilus sanctaecrucis Conte p. 138 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2
2010Heminautilus sanctaecrucis Conte p. 118 fig. 6,7
2016Heminautilus sanctaecrucis Baudouin et al. p. 72 figs. Pl 11, figs 3-5; pl 12, figs 1-3; pl 13, figs 1-3; pl 14, figs 1,2; pl 15, fig 1; pl 16, fig 1

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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)
familyCenoceratidaeTinant and Kabamba 1983
genusHeminautilusSpath 1927
speciessanctaecrucis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height272.857.092.975.025.4
shell diameter2121.696.0154.1125.041.1
shell inflation23.872.506.004.252.47

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 125.77000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France Heminautilus sanctaecrucis (180742 180746)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57France Heminautilus sanctaecrucis (180745)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Switzerland Heminautilus sanctaecrucis (type locality: 167361 180740 180741)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57France Heminautilus sanctaecrucis (180743)