Cimomia felix Chapman 1915

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae

Alternative combinations: Eutrephoceras felix, Nautilus felix

Synonym: Cimomia yorkensis McGowran 1959

Full reference: F. Chapman. 1915. New or little-known Victorian fossils in the National Museum. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 27:350-361

Belongs to Cimomia according to A. E. Cockbain 1968

See also Chapman 1915, Kummel 1956 and McGowran 1959

Sister taxa: Cimomia (Afrocimomia), Cimomia blakei, Cimomia buccinaeformis, Cimomia burtini, Cimomia camachoi, Cimomia desertora, Cimomia dessauvagiei, Cimomia elliptica, 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 vaughani, Cimomia vestali, Cimomia wylliei

Type specimens:

  • Cimomia felix: Its type locality is Happy Valley (Dennant collection), which is in a Bartonian carbonate marl in Australia
  • Cimomia yorkensis: University of Adelaide F15558, a shell. Its type locality is Yorke Peninsula, which is in a Priabonian deep subtidal ramp marl in the Blanche Point Formation of Australia.

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 53.3

Distribution:

• Eocene of Australia (13 collections)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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