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Cimomia vaughani

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae

Taxonomy
Enclimatoceras vaughani was named by Gardner (1923) [DISTRIBUTION: Paleocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is USNM 352261, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 3178, Myrick's Apiary, Frio River, which is in a Danian shoreface sandstone in the Kincaid Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Hercoglossa vaughani by Berry (1923), Gardner (1931) and Gardner (1933); it was recombined as Eutrephoceras vaughani by Olsson (1928) and Maury (1930); it was recombined as Cimomia vaughani by Miller and Thompson (1933), Stenzel (1940), Stenzel (1942), Miller (1947) and Donovan and Draper (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Hercoglossa vaughani Berry p. 429
1923Enclimatoceras vaughani Gardner p. 115 figs. Pl 33, figs 1-3
1924Enclimatoceras vaughani Deussen
1926Enclimatoceras vaughani Scott p. 115
1928Eutrephoceras vaughani Olsson p. 100
1930Eutrephoceras vaughani Maury p. 231
1931Hercoglossa vaughani Gardner p. 151
1932Enclimatoceras vaughani Gardner figs. pl. 32, fig. 1
1933Hercoglossa vaughani Gardner p. 322 figs. Pl 27; pl 28, figs 1,2
1933Cimomia vaughani Miller and Thompson p. 307
1940Cimomia vaughani Stenzel p. 750
1942Cimomia vaughani Stenzel
1947Cimomia vaughani Miller p. 47
2001Cimomia vaughani Donovan and Draper p. 20 fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyHercoglossidaeSpath 1927
genusCimomiaConrad 1866
speciesvaughani()

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.

†Cimomia vaughani Gardner 1923
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Diagnosis
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