Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Alternative combinations: Bellerophon carbonarius subpapillosus, Bellerophon subpapillosus, Euphemites subpapillosus, Euphemitopsis subpapillosus, Euphemus subpapillosus
Full reference: C. A. White. 1876. Invertebrate paleontology of the Plateau Province. Report on the Geology of the Eastern Portion of the Unita Mountains: U.S. Geologic and Geographic Survey of the Territories 2nd Division 74-135
Belongs to Euphemitopsis according to T. E. Yancey 1969
See also Girty 1910, Knight 1953, White 1876, White 1879 and Yochelson 1960
Sister taxa: Euphemitopsis kitakamiensis, Euphemitopsis multinodosa, Euphemitopsis paucinodosus
Type specimen: USNM 117995, a shell. Its type locality is USGS 5067, Cokeville, which is in a Roadian offshore shale in the Phosphoria Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Mexico (1 collection), United States (9: Arizona, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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