Cymatonautilus
| Cymatonautilus Temporal range: M-U Jurassic | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Nautilida |
| Superfamily: | Nautilaceae |
| Family: | Cymatoceratidae |
| Genus: | Cymatonautilus Spath, 1927 |
Cymatonautilus is a cymatoceratid from the middle and upper Jurassic of Europe, the Middle East and Asia characterized by a robust shell with a wide umbilicus and subquadrate whorl section, slightly wider than high. The flanks and venter are flattened. The flanks have a wide lateral groove; the venter a more narrow median groove. The suture has a shallow ventral lobe and broad concave lateral lobes, crossed obliquely by sinuous ribs that produce a deep ventral sinus. The siphuncle is subcentral.
References
- Halder, K. and Bardhan, S. 1996. The fleeting genus Cymatonautilus (Nautiloidea): new record from the Jurassic Charl Formation, Kutch, India. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 33: 1007-1010.
- Kummel, B. 1956. Post-Triassic nautiloid genera. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 114(7): 320-494.
- Tintant, H. 1987. Les Nautiles du Jurassique d'Arabie Saoudite. Geobios 20: 67-159.