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Cymatoceras pacificum

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8544300https://www.gbif.org/species/8544300
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)314754https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=314754
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Cymatoceratidae : Cymatoceras : Cymatoceras pacificum
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Nautilidae : Cymatoceras : Cymatoceras pacificum
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea
familyNautilidaede Blainville 1825
genusCymatocerasHyatt 1884
speciesCymatoceras pacificumMatsumoto & Muramoto 1983
Generic NameCymatoceras
Scientific NameCymatoceras pacificum Matsumoto & Muramoto, 1983
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Cymatoceras pacificumspeciesbelongs to Cymatocerasstated with evidenceMatsumoto and Muramoto, 1983
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance83.6 - 72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Motilityactively mobile (based on Nautilidae)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Nautilidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Nautilida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)T. Matsumoto and K. Muramoto. 1983. Cretaceous nautiloids from Hokkaido - II. Part 2. Three nautiloid species from the Santonian and Campanian of Hokkaido. Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 130:85-95

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1983Cymatoceras pacificum Matsumoto and Muramoto p. 92 figs. Pl 18, fig 1; pl 19, fig 1; pl 20, figs 1,2; text-fig 3

References

Matsumoto T., Muramoto K. (1983) Cretaceous nautiloids from Hokkaido - II. Part 2. Three nautiloid species from the Santonian and Campanian of Hokkaido, Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 130, 85-95
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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