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Cymatoceras hendersoni

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus hendersoni was named by Etheridge (1901). Its type specimen is GSQ F1400 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Flinders River near Maxwelton, which is in an Albian/Cenomanian marine horizon in the Allaru Mudstone Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Cymatoceras hendersoni by Glaessner (1958); it was considered a nomen nudum by Jell and Cook (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Nautilus hendersoni Etheridge p. 502
1901Nautilus hendersoni Etheridge p. 34 figs. Pl. 1, Fig. 1; Pl. 2, Fig 1-3
1958Cymatoceras hendersoni Glaessner p. 211 fig. 3

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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)
familyNautilidaede Blainville 1825
genusCymatocerasHyatt 1884
specieshendersoni()

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.

†Cymatoceras hendersoni Etheridge 1901
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:10:59
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:59
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Cenomanian or 106.30000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian - Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Australia (Queensland) Nautilus hendersoni (241525)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Papua New Guinea Cymatoceras hendersoni (174833)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Papua New Guinea Cymatoceras hendersoni (174838)