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Cenoceras semiornatus

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Cenoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus semiornatus was named by Crick (1898). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bradford Abbas, Hyperlioceras bed, which is in a Discites carbonate limestone in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Cenoceras semiornatus by Kummel (1956).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Nautilus semiornatus Crick p. 135 fig. 13,14
1956Cenoceras semiornatus Kummel p. 376

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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
genusCenocerasHyatt 1884
speciessemiornatus()

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.

†Cenoceras semiornatus Crick 1898
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height247.244.550.047.23.89
shell diameter287.280.095.087.510.6
shell inflation211.910.513.512.02.12

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: Discites or 171.60000 to 167.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Discites171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom Nautilus semiornatus (171167)