Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Full reference: A. G. A. Hewaidy, G. M. El Qot, and E. S. M. Moneer. 2019. Campanian-early Eocene cephalopods from Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. Annales de Paléontologie 105:45-61
Belongs to Cimomia according to A. G. A. Hewaidy et al. 2019
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 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 specimen: AZUGM 10, a shell. Its type locality is Baris, bed 13, which is in a Danian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Kurkur Formation of Egypt.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Baris, bed 13
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