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Cimomia felix

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus felix was named by Chapman (1915) [TYPE LOCALITY: Happy Valley, South Australia]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Happy Valley (Dennant collection), which is in a Bartonian carbonate marl in Australia.

It was recombined as Eutrephoceras felix by Kummel (1956); it was recombined as Cimomia felix by McGowran (1959) and Cockbain (1968).

Synonyms
  • Cimomia yorkensis was named by McGowran (1959). Its type specimen is University of Adelaide F15558, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yorke Peninsula, which is in a Priabonian deep subtidal ramp marl in the Blanche Point Formation of Australia.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Cimomia felix by Cockbain (1968).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Nautilus felix Chapman p. 357 figs. Pl 6, fig 14; pl 7, fig 15
1956Eutrephoceras felix Kummel p. 335
1959Cimomia felix McGowran p. 443 figs. Pl 65, figs 1-7; text-fig 10
1959Cimomia yorkensis McGowran p. 445 figs. Pl 66, figs 5-8; text-fig 11
1968Cimomia felix Cockbain p. 95 figs. Pl 40; text-fig 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyHercoglossidaeSpath 1927
genusCimomiaConrad 1866
speciesfelix()

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.

†Cimomia felix Chapman 1915
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Invalid names: Cimomia yorkensis McGowran 1959 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height426.09.0070.031.228.4
shell diameter453.321.5130.059.549.8
shell inflation44.051.5012.04.754.97

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 Bartonian to the top of the Priabonian or 41.30000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Australia (Western Australia) Cimomia felix (171302 171303 171304 171305)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Australia (South Australia) Cimomia felix (171291 171296) Nautilus felix (179952)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.3 - 33.9Australia (South Australia) Cimomia felix (171292 171293)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Australia (Victoria) Cimomia felix (171297)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Australia (South Australia) Cimomia felix (171294 171295) Cimomia yorkensis (171298)