Cymatoceras elegans
Cymatoceras elegans Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | Nautiloidea |
Order: | Nautilida |
Family: | †Cymatoceratidae |
Genus: | †Cymatoceras |
Species: | †C. elegans
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Binomial name | |
†Cymatoceras elegans | |
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Nautilus elegans |
Cymatoceras elegans is an extinct species of nautilitacean cephalopods in the family Cymatoceratidae. It is from the Cretaceous of Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
References[]
- ^ Sowerby (J.), 1816 - The Mineral conchology of Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depth in the earth. vol. 2, Part. 21, pages 29–44
- Cymatoceras elegans at fossilworks.org (retrieved 15 October 2016)
Categories:
- Prehistoric nautiloids
- Fossil taxa described in 1816
- Cretaceous cephalopods of Europe
- Prehistoric nautiloid stubs