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Cenoceras imlayi

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Cenoceratidae

Taxonomy
Bisiphytes (Cenoceras) imlayi was named by Kummel (1954). Its type specimen is USNM 158416, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic 21251, Wide Bay, which is in a Bajocian marine shale in the Kialagvik Formation of Alaska.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Bisiphytes (Cenoceras) imlayi Kummel p. 322 figs. Pl 35, figs 1,2
1956Cenoceras imlayi Kummel p. 374

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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
speciesimlayi()

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 imlayi Kummel 1954
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height1174.0
shell diameter1295.0
shell inflation110.0

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aalenian to the top of the Early/Lower Bajocian or 175.60000 to 168.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aalenian175.6 - 171.6USA (Alaska) Bisiphytes imlayi (180720)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4USA (Alaska) Bisiphytes imlayi (type locality: 175622)