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Cenoceras belmontense

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Cenoceratidae

Taxonomy
Cenoceras belmontense was named by Rulleau (2008). Its type specimen is PF Toa 578, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Belmont d’Azergues (Lafarge quarry), Middle Toarcian (bifrons/variabilis), which is in a Toarcian marine marl/limestone in France.

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by M. Clapham on 2015-03-14

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Cenoceras belmontense Rulleau p. 30 figs. Pl 6, fig 3; pl 7, figs 1-3; text-figs 7/3-4

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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
genusCenocerasHyatt 1884
speciesbelmontense

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 belmontense Rulleau 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height873.450.0106.073.020.9
shell diameter8121.781.0185.0117.039.4
shell inflation814.210.023.016.04.85

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: Middle Toarcian or 182.90000 to 180.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4France Cenoceras belmontense (167409)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4France (Rhone) Cenoceras belmontense (type locality: 133652)
Bifrons - Thouarsense182.9 - 174.7France Cenoceras belmontense (150353)