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Cenoceras excavatus

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Cenoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus excavatus was named by Sowerby (1826).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Nautilus excavatus Sowerby
1901Nautilus excavatus Tagliarini p. 191 figs. Pl 1, fig 1
1956Cenoceras excavatus Kummel p. 369 figs. Pl 7, figs 1,2; pl 8, fig 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
genusCenocerasHyatt 1884
speciesexcavatus(Sowerby 1826)

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 excavatus Sowerby 1826
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Toarcian to the top of the Aalenian or 180.10000 to 170.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Toarcian - Aalenian180.1 - 170.3Italy Nautilus excavatus (171174)