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Kummelonautilus yezoensis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy
Kummeloceras yezoense was named by Matsumoto (1983). Its type specimen is GK.H5922, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ik5605, Samata-zawa, Ikushumbets area, which is in a Coniacian marine mudstone in Japan.

It was recombined as Kummelonautilus yezoensis by Matsumoto (1984).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Kummeloceras yezoense Matsumoto p. 19 figs. Pl 7, fig 2; pl 8, fig 1; text-figs 7-9
1984Kummelonautilus yezoensis Matsumoto p. 345

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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
genusKummelonautilus
speciesyezoensis()

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.

Kummelonautilus yezoensis Matsumoto 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height462.125.6108.673.534.5
shell diameter4103.045.0176.0119.854.6
shell inflation410.14.2015.013.04.89

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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Coniacian or 89.80000 to 86.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Japan Kummeloceras yezoense (166216 166217 166218 166219)