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Cenoceras demonensis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Cenoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus demonensis was named by Gemmellaro (1911). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rocche Rosse, near Galati, which is in a Pliensbachian carbonate limestone in Italy.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Nautilus demonensis Gemmellaro p. 209 figs. Pl 8, figs 20-23; pl 9, fig 1
1914Nautilus demonensis Pia p. 62 figs. Pl 9, fig 4
1956Cenoceras demonensis Kummel p. 373

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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
speciesdemonensis()

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 demonensis Gemmellaro 1911
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height122.6
shell diameter139.0
shell inflation17.50

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 Pliensbachian or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Italy (Messina) Nautilus demonensis (173593)