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Hercoglossa mcglameryae

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae

Taxonomy
Hercoglossa mcglameryae was named by Miller and Thompson (1933). Its type specimen is Alabama Mus. Nat. Hist. (unknown number), a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lowndes County, which is in a Danian deep subtidal ramp packstone in the Clayton Formation of Alabama.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Hercoglossa mcglameryae Miller and Thompson p. 322 figs. Pl 38, figs 1,2
1942Hercoglossa mcglameryae Stenzel
1947Hercoglossa mcglameryae Miller p. 53

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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
speciesmcglameryae

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 mcglameryae Miller and Thompson 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height1110.0
shell diameter1175.0
shell inflation19.00

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: Danian or 66.00000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Alabama) Hercoglossa mcglameryae (type locality: 80976)