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Hercoglossa orbiculata

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus orbiculatus was named by Tuomey (1854) [DISTRIBUTION: Paleocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is SUI 612, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Hercoglossa orbiculata by Conrad (1866), Miller and Thompson (1933), Miller and Furnish (1938), Stenzel (1940), Stenzel (1942) and Miller (1947).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Nautilus orbiculatus Tuomey pp. 167-168
1858Nautilus orbiculatus Conrad p. 335
1866Hercoglossa orbiculata Conrad p. 101
1892Nautilus orbiculatus Whitfield pp. 246-247
1933Hercoglossa orbiculata Miller and Thompson p. 315 figs. Pl 37, figs 1,2
1938Hercoglossa orbiculata Miller and Furnish pp. 150-151
1940Hercoglossa orbiculata Stenzel p. 743
1942Hercoglossa orbiculata Stenzel
1947Hercoglossa orbiculata Miller p. 55

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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
genusHercoglossaConrad 1866
speciesorbiculata(Tuomey 1854)

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.

Hercoglossa orbiculata Tuomey 1854
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height299.771.0140.0105.548.8
shell diameter2245.9216.0280.0248.045.3
shell inflation216.78.0035.021.519.1

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Danian or 66.00000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Alabama) Hercoglossa orbiculata (80972 168383 168384)