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Cenoceras toarcense

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Cenoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus toarcensis was named by d'Orbigny (1850).

It was recombined as Cenoceras toarcensis by Kummel (1956); it was recombined as Cenoceras toarcense by Rulleau (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Nautilus latidorsatus d'Orbigny p. 147 figs. Pl 24
1843Nautilus latidorsatus d'Orbigny p. 147 figs. Pl 24
1850Nautilus toarcensis d'Orbigny p. 245
1914Nautilus toarcensis Pia p. 80 figs. Pl 9, fig 1
1956Cenoceras toarcensis Kummel p. 377
2008Cenoceras toarcense Rulleau p. 41 figs. Pl 13, figs 1-3; pl 14, figs 1-4; text-fig 8/12

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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
speciestoarcense(d'Orbigny 1850)

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 toarcense d'Orbigny 1850
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Invalid names: Nautilus latidorsatus d'Orbigny 1843 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height762.343.088.071.016.5
shell diameter7106.271.0153.0118.029.0
shell inflation712.710.017.012.02.34

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: Late/Upper Toarcian or 180.40000 to 174.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7France (Rhone) Cenoceras toarcense (140483)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7France Cenoceras toarcense (167440 167441 167442 167443)