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Cosmonautilus pacificus
Taxonomy
Cosmonautilus pacificus 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
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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 pacificus Smith 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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shell height | 5 | 20.8 | 7.50 | 61.0 | 21.5 | 21.8 | |
shell diameter | 5 | 32.4 | 12.0 | 95.0 | 31.0 | 33.9 | |
shell inflation | 5 | 0.068 | 0.001 | 2.00 | 0.500 | 0.908 |
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References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 |