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Cymatoceras mikado

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus mikado was named by Krenkel (1910). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Niongala (Fraas collection), which is in an Aptian marine shale in Tanzania.

It was recombined as Cymatoceras mikado by Kummel (1956) and Matsumoto et al. (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. carllottense, C. neckerianus, C. robustus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Nautilus mikado Krenkel p. 219 figs. Pl 23, figs 4,5; pl 22, fig 14
1956Cymatoceras mikado Kummel p. 425
1984Cymatoceras mikado Matsumoto et al. p. 339 figs. Pl 65, fig 1; text-fig 2

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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
speciesmikado()

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 mikado Krenkel 1910
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Diagnosis
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