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Cenoceras amorettii

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Cenoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus amorettii was named by Parona (1897). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Saltrio (Parona material), which is in a Sinemurian carbonate limestone in the Saltrio Formation of Italy.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Nautilus amorettii Parona p. 18 figs. Pl 1, fig 12
1914Nautilus amorettii Pia p. 82 figs. Pl 10, fig 12
1956Cenoceras amorettii Kummel p. 372

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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
speciesamorettii()

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 amorettii Parona 1897
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height146.0
shell diameter180.0
shell inflation111.0

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: Sinemurian or 199.30000 to 190.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Italy Nautilus amorettii (173592)