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Epimayaites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphaeroceratidae

Taxonomy
Epimayaites was named by Spath (1928) [Sepkoski's age data: J Oxfo-u]. It is not extant. Its type is Stephanoceras transiens.

It was assigned to Mayaitidae by Arkell et al. (1957) and Helmstaedt (1969); to Ammonoidea by Thomson (1982) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Mayaitinae by Alberti et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Epimayaites Spath
1957Epimayaites Arkell et al. p. 298
1969Epimayaites Helmstaedt p. 72
1982Epimayites Thomson p. 28
2002Epimayaites Sepkoski
2015Epimayaites Alberti et al. p. 98

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familySphaeroceratidaeBuckman 1920
subfamilyMayaitinae(Spath 1928)
genusEpimayaitesSpath 1928

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Epimayaites Spath 1928
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Epimayaites axonoides Spath 1928
Epimayaites evolutus Spath 1928
Epimayaites falcoides Spath 1928
Epimayaites lautus Spath 1928
Epimayaites lemoini Spath 1924
Epimayaites polyphemus Waagen 1875
Epimayaites smeei Spath 1928
Epimayaites subtumidus Waagen 1875
Epimayaites transiens Waagen 1875
Epimayaites waageni Uhlig 1910
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height2251.522.0117.245.131.4
shell diameter22106.744.9252.596.064.4
shell inflation2218.27.0043.219.610.4

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 161.20000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3India Mayaites smeei (68647)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Madagascar E. arenosus, E. lemoinei, E. subtumidus, E. transiens, E. lautus, E. falcoides (98177) E. lemoinei, E. axonoides, E. falcoides (98190) E. moreti, E. falcoides (98191) E. subfalcoides, E. lemoinei, E. moreti, E. sublautus, E. patella, E. axonoides, E. evolutus, E. falcoides (98213) Mayaites smeei (98182)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3India (Gujarat) E. falcoides (182035) E. lemoini (163873) E. lemoini, E. axonoides, E. transiens (182037) E. polyphemus (182022) E. sp. A (163874) E. sp., E. polyphemus, E. lemoini, E. lautus, E. falcoides (163869) E. transiens (163871)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3India E. sp. (65886)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3China E. lemoini (64863)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7India (Gujarat) E. lemoini (163868) E. sp. (182020) E. sp. A, E. smeei (182038) E. transiens (182016)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Madagascar E. subfalcoides, E. falcoides (234235)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Madagascar (Atsimo-Andrefana) E. axonoides (234262) E. patella, E. falcoides (234237) E. pruvosti, E. sornayi, E. transiens, E. lautus (234263) E. subfalcoides, E. lemoinei, E. moreti, E. sublautus, E. axonoides, E. evolutus, E. falcoides (234238)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7India (Gujarat) E. axonoides (182034) E. lemoini (182030) E. subtumidus, E. falcoides (182029)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Madagascar (Menab) E. falcoides (234236)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Antarctica Epimayites transiens (68360)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Eritrea E. falcoides (209122) E. sp. (209121)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7India (Gujarat) E. axonoides (182027 182032) E. axonoides, E. transiens (182028) E. evolutus (182025 182026) E. sp. (46551) E. sp., E. lemoini, E. axonoides, E. evolutus, E. falcoides (182031)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8India (Gujarat) Stephanoceras subtumidum (234314)
Kimmeridgian - Oxfordian157.3 - 157.3Yemen (Wadi Hajar) E. sp. (2575)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Nepal E. waageni (142312)