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Nautilus (Cymatoceras) hermosus ✝

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	382844	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=382844

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Nautiloidea	Agassiz 1847
order	Nautilida	Agassiz 1847
superfamily	Nautiloidea
family	Nautilidae	de Blainville 1825
genus	Cymatoceras	Hyatt 1884
species	Nautilus (Cymatoceras) hermosus	Anderson 1958

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Nautilus (Cymatoceras) hermosus	species	belongs to Nautilus (Cymatoceras)	stated with evidence	Anderson, 1958

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Motility

actively mobile (based on Nautilidae)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Nautilidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Nautilida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

F. M. Anderson. 1958. Upper Cretaceous of the Pacific Coast. Geological Society of America Memoir 71:1-378

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1958	Nautilus (Cymatoceras) hermosus Anderson p. 179 figs. Plate 64, figure 5

Anderson F. M. (1958) Upper Cretaceous of the Pacific Coast, Geological Society of America Memoir 71, 1-378

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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