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Cosmonautilus ✝
| Description | Cosmonautilus is a genus of cephalopods included in the nautilid family Clydonautilidae. Its shell is involute, with only the outer whorl exposed. Early whorls are with nodes on ventral shoulder, which disappear on the later growth staged. Later whorls are smooth. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmonautilus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Clydonautilidae : Cosmonautilus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Cosmonautilus Hyatt & Smith, 1905 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Profess. Pap. U.S. Geol. Surv., 40 (C no. 74), 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 235 - 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 232 - 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Nautilida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Nautilida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Nautilida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. Hyatt and J. P. Smith. 1905. The Triassic cephalopod genera of America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 40:1-394 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmonautilus |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Cosmonautilus dilleri ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Cosmonautilus hersheyi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Cosmonautilus pacificus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Cosmonautilus polaris ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Cosmonautilus shastensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1905 | Cosmonautilus Hyatt and Smith p. 207 |
| 1964 | Cosmonautilus Teichert et al. p. 442 |
| 2002 | Cosmonautilus Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
