Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Alternative combinations: Enclimatoceras vaughani, Eutrephoceras vaughani, Hercoglossa vaughani
Full reference: J. Gardner. 1923. New species of Mollusca from the Eocene deposits of southwestern Texas. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 131:109-117
Belongs to Cimomia according to S. K. Donovan and G. Draper 2001
See also Gardner 1923, Gardner 1933, Miller 1947 and Miller and Thompson 1933
Sister taxa: Cimomia (Afrocimomia), Cimomia blakei, Cimomia buccinaeformis, Cimomia burtini, Cimomia camachoi, Cimomia desertora, Cimomia dessauvagiei, Cimomia elliptica, Cimomia felix, Cimomia forbesi, Cimomia galicianus, Cimomia gosavicus, Cimomia haltomi, Cimomia heberti, Cimomia hesperia, Cimomia hilarionis, Cimomia hunti, Cimomia imperialis, Cimomia intuscatenatus, Cimomia karkarensis, Cimomia kugleri, Cimomia kurkurensis, Cimomia landanensis, Cimomia leonicensis, Cimomia macfadyeni, Cimomia marylandensis, Cimomia milleri, Cimomia mokattamensis, Cimomia negritensis, Cimomia ogbei, Cimomia pernambucensis, Cimomia pusilla, Cimomia reymenti, Cimomia sahariensis, Cimomia schroederi, Cimomia seelandi, Cimomia septemcastrensis, Cimomia sowerbyana, Cimomia stoliczkai, Cimomia subrecta, Cimomia sudanensis, Cimomia tenuicosta, Cimomia tessieri, Cimomia vestali, Cimomia wylliei
Type specimen: USNM 352261, a shell
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 152.0
Distribution:
• Eocene of Jamaica (1 collection)
• Paleocene of Mexico (1), United States (14: Alabama, Texas)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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