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Kummelonautilus

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy

Kummelonautilus was named by Matsumoto (1984). Its type is Kummeloceras yamashitai.

It was assigned to Eutrephoceratidae by Matsumoto (1984); and to Nautilidae by Squires (2001).

Species

K. angustus, K. bryani, K. kamuy, K. splendens, K. yamashitai, K. yezoensis

Synonyms

Kummeloceras was named by Matsumoto (1983). Its type is Kummeloceras yamashitai.

It was replaced with Kummelonautilus by Matsumoto (1984).

It was assigned to Eutrephoceratidae by Matsumoto (1983).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1983	Kummeloceras Matsumoto p. 12
1984	Kummelonautilus Matsumoto p. 345
2001	Kummelonautilus Squires p. 20

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Nautilia	(Wade 1988)
order	Nautilida	Agassiz 1847
superfamily	Nautiloidea	(de Blainville 1825)
family	Nautilidae	de Blainville 1825
genus	Kummelonautilus

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.

G. †Kummelonautilus Matsumoto 1984

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†Kummelonautilus angustus Blanford 1861

†Kummelonautilus bryani Gabb 1877

†Kummelonautilus kamuy Matsumoto and Muramoto 1983

†Kummelonautilus splendens Blanford 1861

†Kummelonautilus yamashitai Matsumoto 1983

†Kummelonautilus yezoensis Matsumoto 1983

Invalid names: Kummeloceras Matsumoto 1983 [replaced]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	9	65.4	25.6	108.6	77.8	29.6
shell diameter	9	108.9	45.0	176.0	131.5	46.4
shell inflation	9	3.69	0.001	21.0	12.0	6.43

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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Lutetian or 100.50000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (16 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	USA (Arizona)	Kummeloceras sp. (53503)
Late/Upper Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Japan	Kummeloceras yamashitai (166213 166214 166215)
Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Spain (Burgos)	Eutrephoceras splendens (171022)
Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Japan	Kummeloceras yezoense (166216 166217 166218 166219)
Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Japan	Kummeloceras kamuy (166241 166242)
Thanetian	59.24 - 56.0	USA (New Jersey)	Eutrephoceras bryani (81775 101328)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	USA (California)	K. sp. (8012 8013 51922)