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Cymaclymenia ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4621325	https://www.gbif.org/species/4621325
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	13553	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=13553

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Cymaclymeniidae : Cymaclymenia

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Clymeniida : Cymaclymeniidae : Cymaclymenia

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

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	Ammonoidea
order	Clymeniida	Sepkoski 2002
suborder	Cyrtoclymeniina	Korn 2002
superfamily	Cyrtoclymeniaceae	Hyatt 1884
family	Cymaclymeniidae	Hyatt 1884
subfamily	Cymaclymeniinae	Hyatt 1884
genus	Cymaclymenia	Hyatt 1884

Scientific Name

Cymaclymenia Hyatt, 1884

Name Published In

Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 22

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cymaclymenia	genus	belongs to Clymeniida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Cymaclymenia	genus	belongs to Cymaclymeniinae	stated with evidence	Korn, 2006

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

376 - 371 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian

Last Recorded Appearance

365 - 359 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian

Motility

fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Ammonoidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Ammonoidea)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cymaclymenia aulax ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Cymaclymenia carnata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Cymaclymenia costellata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	7	372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Cymaclymenia formosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	32	365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Cymaclymenia involvens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Cymaclymenia lambidia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	13	365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Cymaclymenia pudica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cymaclymenia quieta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Cymaclymenia serotina ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Cymaclymenia striata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	7	372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Cymaclymenia subvexa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	20	365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1884	Cymaclymenia Hyatt
2002	Cymaclymenia Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Cymaclymenia Korn
2016	Cymaclymenia Korn and Sudar p. 193

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Korn D. (2006) Paleozoic ammonoid classification

Korn D., Sudar M. N. (2016) The Late Devonian and Early Carboniferous ammonoids (Cephalopoda) from Milivojevia Kamenjar, Družeti (NW Serbia) and their stratigraphy, Bulletin of Geosciences 91, 187-220

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 22 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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