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Cymatoceras colombiana

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy
Cymatoceras colombiana was named by Durham (1946). Its type specimen is UCMP 35728, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality A, between El Valle and Payandé, which is in an Aptian marine shale in Colombia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Cymatoceras colombiana Durham p. 429 figs. Pl 62, figs 1-3,5; pl 64, fig 4; text-fig 3G

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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
speciescolombiana

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 colombiana Durham 1946
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height142.0
shell diameter188.0
shell inflation111.0

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: Late/Upper Aptian or 122.46000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Colombia (Tolima) Cymatoceras colombiana (type locality: 64088)