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Eutrephoceras (Simplicioceras) centrale

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus centralis was named by Sowerby (1812). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Richmond Park well, 175 feet deep, which is in a Ypresian offshore claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Eutrephoceras centralis by Kummel (1956); it was recombined as Eutrephoceras (Simplicioceras) centrale by Mikuz and Bartol (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1812Nautilus centralis Sowerby p. 11 figs. Pl 1
1849Nautilus centralis Edwards p. 45 figs. Pl 3, figs 1a-c; pl 8, fig 2
1880Nautilus centralis de Gregorio p. 2 figs. Pl 1, fig 1; pl B, fig 8
1956Eutrephoceras centralis Kummel p. 333
2012Eutrephoceras (Simplicioceras) centrale Mikuz and Bartol p. 264 figs. Pl 1, figs 1a-d; text-fig 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyNautilidaede Blainville 1825
genusEutrephoceras
subgenusSimplicioceras
speciescentrale()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height174.0
shell diameter1145.0
shell inflation19.00

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: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom Nautilus centralis (165971 165972 165973 type locality: 165974)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (Kent) Nautilus centralis (165975)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Eutrephoceras centrale (8025) Nautilus centralis (165978) Simplicioceras centrale (3260 76601)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy Nautilus centralis (171516 171517)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Nautilus centralis (165979)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Croatia Eutrephoceras centrale (167486)