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Kummelonautilus kamuy

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy
Kummeloceras kamuy was named by Matsumoto and Muramoto (1983). Its type specimen is MC.Hbo-2015, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pisshiri-zawa, branch of Deto-futamata, which is in a Santonian marine siliciclastic in Japan.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Kummeloceras kamuy Matsumoto and Muramoto p. 86 figs. Pl 16, fig 1; text-figs 1,2
1984Kummelonautilus kamuy 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
specieskamuy()

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 kamuy Matsumoto and Muramoto 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height177.8
shell diameter1131.5
shell inflation113.0

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 2004, Kiessling 2003, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Santonian or 86.30000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Japan Kummeloceras kamuy (type locality: 166241 166242)