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Cymaclymenia formosa

Cephalopoda - Clymeniida - Cymaclymeniidae

Taxonomy
Cymaclymenia formosa was named by Korn (2014). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.22609.1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bordj d'Erfoud, bed 49-50, which is in a Famennian marine shale in Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Cymaclymenia formosa Korn p. 16 figs. 15, 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderClymeniidaHyatt 1884
suborderCyrtoclymeniina
superfamilyCyrtoclymenioidea()
familyCymaclymeniidae
subfamilyCymaclymeniinae
genusCymaclymeniaHyatt 1884
speciesformosa

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.

Cymaclymenia formosa Korn 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height821.716.427.322.43.24
shell diameter847.135.457.748.67.01
shell inflation810.68.3812.610.81.64

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:37:52
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:37:52
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Famennian or 364.70000 to 360.70000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Morocco Cymaclymenia formosa (type locality: 170729 170732 170747 170751 170752 170754 170757 170759 170761 170762 170763 170770 170776 170777 170778 170780 170781 170782 170783 170787) Cymaclymenia sp. (170737) Cymaclymenia striata (170726 170727 170728 170730 170731 170733 170734 170735 170736 170813 170814)