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Cenoceras lupheri

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Cenoceratidae

Taxonomy
Bisiphytes (Cenoceras) lupheri was named by Kummel (1954). Its type specimen is USNM 158418, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic 21612, Colpitts Ranch, which is in a Discites marine siliciclastic in the Snowshoe Formation of Oregon.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Bisiphytes (Cenoceras) lupheri Kummel p. 323 figs. Pl 34, figs 3,4
1956Cenoceras lupheri 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
specieslupheri()

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 lupheri Kummel 1954
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height147.0
shell diameter191.0
shell inflation13.50

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: Discites or 171.60000 to 167.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Discites171.6 - 167.7USA (Oregon) Bisiphytes lupheri (type locality: 180721)