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Cymatoceras honmai

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy
Cymatoceras honmai was named by Matsumoto and Miyauchi (1983). Its type specimen is MNH 144, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Location 2, Kiyohama-I, Cape Soya, which is in a Campanian marine sandstone in Japan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Cymatoceras honmai Matsumoto and Miyauchi p. 225 figs. Pl 48, fig 2; pl 49, figs 1,2
2003Cymatoceras honmai Wilmsen and Yazykova p. 487 fig. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyNautilidaede Blainville 1825
genusCymatocerasHyatt 1884
specieshonmai

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.

Cymatoceras honmai Matsumoto and Miyauchi 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height231.630.033.331.62.33
shell diameter251.250.552.051.21.06
shell inflation25.295.005.605.300.424

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:10:59
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:59
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Russian Federation Cymatoceras honmai (172979)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Japan Cymatoceras honmai (type locality: 165935 165936)