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Cenoceras perornatus

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Cenoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus perornatus was named by Crick (1894). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Champion Bay, which is in a Bajocian carbonate limestone in the Newmarracarra Limestone Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Cenoceras perornatus by Kummel (1956).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Nautilus perornatus Crick p. 386 figs. Pl 12, figs 1a-c
1956Cenoceras perornatus Kummel p. 375

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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
speciesperornatus()

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 perornatus Crick 1894
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height1127.0
shell diameter1216.0
shell inflation119.0

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: Early/Lower Bajocian or 170.90000 to 168.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Australia (Western Australia) Nautilus perornatus (type locality: 171208)