Eutrephoceras dekayi Morton 1834 (nautiloid)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Alternative combination: Nautilus dekayi

Belongs to Eutrephoceras according to N. H. Landman et al. 2007

See also Mapes and Evans 1995, Miller 1947, Shimansky 1975 and Wiedmann 1960

Sister taxa: Eutrephoceras (Simplicioceras), Eutrephoceras ahltenense, Eutrephoceras alcesense, Eutrephoceras allani, Eutrephoceras allionii, Eutrephoceras angolaense, Eutrephoceras antarcticum, Eutrephoceras astierianum, Eutrephoceras azraqensis, Eutrephoceras bellerophon, Eutrephoceras berryi, Eutrephoceras blanki, Eutrephoceras boissieri, Eutrephoceras bouchardianum, Eutrephoceras burundukhajense, Eutrephoceras carolinense, Eutrephoceras carolinensis, Eutrephoceras charpentieri, Eutrephoceras claramontanum, Eutrephoceras clementinum, Eutrephoceras dartevellei, Eutrephoceras darupense, Eutrephoceras decorum, Eutrephoceras depressum, Eutrephoceras donbassicum, Eutrephoceras dorbignyanum, Eutrephoceras douvillei, Eutrephoceras dubaleni, Eutrephoceras expansum, Eutrephoceras eyerdami, Eutrephoceras faxoense, Eutrephoceras flammeum, Eutrephoceras globosum, Eutrephoceras hacobjani, Eutrephoceras hallidayi, Eutrephoceras hannai, Eutrephoceras indicum, Eutrephoceras insigne, Eutrephoceras irritilasi, Eutrephoceras izumoensis, Eutrephoceras japonicus, Eutrephoceras johnsoni, Eutrephoceras jonesi, Eutrephoceras justum, Eutrephoceras kummeli, Eutrephoceras laverdei, Eutrephoceras lentiforme, Eutrephoceras leonei, Eutrephoceras marksi, Eutrephoceras merteni, Eutrephoceras montanaense, Eutrephoceras montanensis, Eutrephoceras montmollini, Eutrephoceras moskvini, Eutrephoceras municeps, Eutrephoceras neubergicus, Eutrephoceras nodai, Eutrephoceras oregonense, Eutrephoceras parisiense, Eutrephoceras perlatus, Eutrephoceras planoventer, Eutrephoceras quadrilineatum, Eutrephoceras reesidei, Eutrephoceras rotundum, Eutrephoceras sloani, Eutrephoceras soyaense, Eutrephoceras spengleri, Eutrephoceras sphaericum, Eutrephoceras stephensoni, Eutrephoceras subfleuriausianum, Eutrephoceras sublaevigatum, Eutrephoceras subrotundum, Eutrephoceras tawaense, Eutrephoceras traubi, Eutrephoceras tumescens, Eutrephoceras umbilicare, Eutrephoceras urbanum, Eutrephoceras uzense, Eutrephoceras vastum, Eutrephoceras victorianum, Eutrephoceras waageni

Type specimen: ANSP 19484, a shell

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 71.0

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Egypt (1 collection)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta), United States (75: Alabama, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas)

Total: 78 collections each including a single occurrence

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