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Eucymatoceras ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4624452https://www.gbif.org/species/4624452
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)13197https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=13197
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Cymatoceratidae : Eucymatoceras
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Nautilidae : Eucymatoceras
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
genusEucymatocerasSpath 1927
Scientific NameEucymatoceras Spath, 1927
Name Published InPal. Indica, (N. S.) 9, mem. no. 2 (Jurass. Ceph. Kachh)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Eucymatocerasgenusbelongs to Cymatoceratidaestated with evidenceKobayashi, 1954
Eucymatocerasgenusbelongs to Nautilidaestated with evidenceShimansky, 1975
Eucymatocerasgenusbelongs to Cymatoceratidaestated with evidenceSundberg, 1984
Eucymatocerasgenusbelongs to Nautilidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Eucymatocerasgenusbelongs to Nautilidaestated with evidenceDelanoy et al., 2012
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance133 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance122 - 112 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Motilityactively mobile (based on Nautilidae)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Nautilidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Nautilida)
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

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Eucymatoceras plicatum ✝
species		listed (PBDB)16130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Eucymatoceras steveni ✝
species		listed (PBDB)2130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Eucymatoceras stschurowskii ✝
species		listed (PBDB)1133 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		133 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Nautilus plicatus
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Nautilus steveni
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Nautilus stschurowskii
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1927Eucymatoceras Spath
1954Eucymatoceras Kobayashi p. 16
1964Eucymatoceras Teichert et al. p. 454
1975Eucymatoceras Shimansky p. 115
1984Eucymatoceras Sundberg p. 43
2002Eucymatoceras Sepkoski, Jr.
2012Eucymatoceras Delanoy et al. p. 160

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Kobayashi T. (1954) A new cymatoceratid from the Palaeogene of northern Kyushu in Japan, Japanese Journal of Geology and Geography 24, 15-21
Teichert C., Kummel B., et al (1964) Cephalopoda - general features - Endoceratoidea - Actinoceratoidea - Nautiloidea - Bactritoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology K 3, 1-519
Shimansky V. N. (1975) Melovye Nautiloidei, Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 150, 1-208
Sundberg F. A. (1984) Two Cretaceous nautiloids from Baja California, Mexico, and southern California, Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 83, 43-52
Delanoy G., Baudouin C., et al (2012) Sur la présence des genres Heminautilus Spath, 1927 et Eucymatoceras Spath, 1927 (Nautilida, Nautilaceae) dans le Barrémien inférieur du Gard (sud-est de la France), Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice 28, 155-195
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
Pal. Indica, (N. S.) 9, mem. no. 2 (Jurass. Ceph. Kachh) - 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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