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Cymatoceras bayfieldi

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus bayfieldi was named by Foord and Crick (1890). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Norwich (Bayfield collection), which is in a Campanian carbonate chalk in the Upper Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Cymatoceras bayfieldi by Kummel (1956).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Nautilus bayfieldi Foord and Crick p. 405 fig. 7
1956Cymatoceras bayfieldi Kummel p. 424

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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
speciesbayfieldi()

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 bayfieldi Foord and Crick 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Kiessling 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6United Kingdom (Norfolk) Nautilus bayfieldi (171508)