Cenoceras Explained
Cenoceras (meaning "recent horn") is an extinct genus within the cephalopod mollusc family Nautilidae, which in turn makes up part of the superfamily Nautilaceae. This genus has been described by Hyatt in 1884. The type species is Cenoceras intermedium, which was originally described by Sowerby 1816 as Nautilus intermedius.[1]
Species
- †Cenoceras boreale Dagys and Sobolev 1988
- †Cenoceras rumelangense Weis & Schweigert 2023[2]
- †Cenoceras trechmanni Kummel 1953
Description
Shells of these nektonic carnivores are variable in form, depending on species; ranges from evolute to involute, compressed lenticular to globose with rounded to flattened venter and flanks. The suture generally has shallow ventral and lateral lobes. The location of the siphuncle is variable, but never at an extreme ventral or dorsal position (Kümmel 1964, K449).
Fossil range
Cenoceras has a fossil range from the Upper Triassic, Carnian age to the Middle Jurassic, Callovian age (from 235.0 to 163.5 Ma).[3] [4]
References
- Kümmel, B. 1964, Nauiloidea-Nautilida, in The Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K, Nautiloidea; Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
- Cyril Walker & David Ward (1993) - Fossielen: Sesam Natuur Handboeken, Bosch & Keuning, Baarn.
External links
Notes and References
- Book: Sowerby, James . 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. . 1815–1818 . 2 . London.
- Weis . Robert . Schweigert . Günter . Wittische . Julian . 2023-09-28 . A new giant nautilid species from the Middle Jurassic of Luxembourg and Southwest Germany . Swiss Journal of Palaeontology . en . 142 . 1 . 24 . 10.1186/s13358-023-00290-6 . 1664-2384. free . 2023SwJP..142...24W .
- http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=taxonInfo&taxon_no=13161 The Paleobiology Database
- Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda
