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Cosmonautilus hersheyi

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Clydonautilidae

Taxonomy
Cosmonautilus hersheyi was named by Smith (1927). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North end of Brock Mountain (Juvavites subzone), which is in a Tuvalian carbonate limestone in the Hosselkus Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Cosmonautilus hersheyi Smith p. 104 figs. Pl 89, figs 1-9
1953Cosmonautilus hersheyi Kummel p. 87 figs. Pl 10, figs 7-15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyClydonautiloidea(Hyatt in Zittel 1900)
familyClydonautilidaeHyatt in Zittel 1900
genusCosmonautilus
specieshersheyi

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.

†Cosmonautilus hersheyi Smith 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height216.913.022.017.56.36
shell diameter225.419.533.026.29.55
shell inflation20.0220.0010.5000.2510.353

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: Tuvalian or 232.00000 to 221.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5USA (California) Cosmonautilus hersheyi (type locality: 144028)