Cymatoceras elegans

Cymatoceras elegans; Temporal range: 99.7–94.3 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Nautilida
Family:	Cymatoceratidae
Genus:	Cymatoceras
Species:	C. elegans
Binomial name
	Cymatoceras elegans; Sowerby 1816[1]
Synonyms
	Nautilus elegans

Cymatoceras elegans is an extinct species of nautilitacean cephalopods in the family Cymatoceratidae. It is from the Cretaceous of Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

References

↑ Sowerby (J.), 1816 - The Mineral conchology of Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depht in the earth. vol. 2, Part. 21, pages 29-44

Cymatoceras elegans at fossilworks.org (retrieved 15 October 2016)

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[1] Sowerby (J.), 1816 - The Mineral conchology of Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depht in the earth. vol. 2, Part. 21, pages 29-44