Cymatoceras elegans

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Cymatoceras elegans
Temporal range: 99.7–94.3  Ma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Nautiloidea
Order: Nautilida
Family: Cymatoceratidae
Genus: Cymatoceras
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
Cymatoceras elegans
Sowerby 1816 [1]
Synonyms

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.

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References

  1. 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