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Cymatoceras hilli

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus hilli was named by Shattuck (1903).

It was recombined as Cymatoceras hilli by Kummel (1956) and Mancini (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Nautilus hilli Shattuck
1956Cymatoceras hilli Kummel p. 425
1982Cymatoceras hilli Mancini p. 245 figs. 4a-c

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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
specieshilli(Shattuck 1903)

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 hilli Shattuck 1903
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height46.943.809.308.102.42
shell diameter416.011.420.216.93.96
shell inflation40.3760.2000.5000.4500.141

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 Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 105.30000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) Cymatoceras hilli (88629 88630 88631 88632 88635 88636 88637 88638)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) Cymatoceras hilli (88650)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Texas) Cymatoceras hilli (175338 175339)