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Heminautilus etheringtoni

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Cenoceratidae

Taxonomy
Heminautilus etheringtoni was named by Durham (1946). Its type specimen is UCMP 35731, 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.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Heminautilus etheringtoni Durham p. 432 figs. Pl 62, fig 4; pl 63, figs 3,5-7; pl 64, figs 1-3; text-fig 3C-F, 5
2016Heminautilus etheringtoni Baudouin et al. p. 87 figs. Pl 30, fig 3; pl 32, fig 2; pl 42, fig 1; pl 43, fig 1; pl 44, figs 1,2; pl 45, figs 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyCenoceratidaeTinant and Kabamba 1983
genusHeminautilusSpath 1927
speciesetheringtoni

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 height186.0
shell diameter1153.0
shell inflation10.001

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 122.46000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Colombia (Tolima) Heminautilus etheringtoni (type locality: 64088 64333)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Venezuela Heminautilus etheringtoni (87913)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Colombia (Tolima) Heminautilus etheringtoni (181256)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Colombia (Boyacá) Heminautilus etheringtoni (181257)