Cymatoceras elegans

Cymatoceras elegans
Temporal range: 99.7–94.3 Ma
Scientific classification
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Nautiloidea
Order: Nautilida
Superfamily: Nautilaceae
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.

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 depht in the earth. vol. 2, Part. 21, pages 29-44
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