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Cenoceras intermedium

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Cenoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus intermedius was named by Sowerby (1816).

It was recombined as Cenoceras intermedius by Kummel (1956) and Schulbert (2001); it was recombined as Cenoceras intermedium by Calzada (1988) and Rulleau (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Nautilus intermedius Sowerby p. 53 figs. Pl 125
1897Nautilus intermedius Parona p. 11 figs. Pl 1, fig 5
1914Nautilus intermedius Pia pp. 24, 64 figs. Pl 5, fig 1; pl 9, fig 13
1956Cenoceras intermedius Kummel p. 374
1988Cenoceras intermedium Calzada p. 307 figs. 5, 6.2
2001Cenoceras intermedius Schulbert p. 107 figs. Pl 16, fig 7; pl 18, fig 3
2008Cenoceras intermedium Rulleau p. 20 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2; text-figs 6.1-2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyCenoceratidaeTinant and Kabamba 1983
genusCenocerasHyatt 1884
speciesintermedium()

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.

†Cenoceras intermedium Sowerby 1816
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height968.538.0102.078.024.6
shell diameter9127.570.0192.0137.044.9
shell inflation920.614.027.919.05.04

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 Early/Lower Sinemurian to the top of the Late/Upper Toarcian or 196.50000 to 175.60000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Austria Nautilus intermedius (173579)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Italy Nautilus intermedius (173592)
Early/Lower Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6France Cenoceras intermedium (167392 167393)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Austria Nautilus intermedius (173578)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian183.0 - 175.6Canada (British Columbia) Cenoceras intermedius (53095 53621)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Germany (Bavaria) Cenoceras intermedius (51807 51808 51809 51810 51818 51819 51820 51821 51822 51823 51839 51840 51842 51843 51844 51845 51846 51847 51848 51849 51850 51851)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Spain Cenoceras intermedium (171086 171087)
Bifrons182.0 - 175.6Spain Cenoceras intermedium (171084)
Middle Toarcian182.0 - 175.6Canada (British Columbia) Cenoceras intermedius (55776 59526)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Canada (British Columbia) Cenoceras intermedius (56405)