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Cenoceras egregius

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Cenoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus egregius was named by Pia (1914). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Denningwaldes, near Adnet, which is in a Pliensbachian carbonate limestone in Austria.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Nautilus egregius Pia pp. 28, 60 figs. Pl 6, figs 1a,b; pl 10, fig 14
1956Cenoceras egregius Kummel p. 373

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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
speciesegregius()

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 egregius Pia 1914
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height1115.9
shell diameter1207.0
shell inflation116.6

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: Pliensbachian or 190.80000 to 182.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Austria Nautilus egregius (type locality: 173580)