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Epicymatoceras
Taxonomy
Epicymatoceras was named by Kummel (1956) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes Sepkoski's reference number: 524]. Its type is Nautilus vaelsensis.
It was assigned to Cymatoceratidae by Teichert et al. (1964); to Nautilidae by Shimansky (1975); and to Nautilida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Cymatoceratidae by Teichert et al. (1964); to Nautilidae by Shimansky (1975); and to Nautilida by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1956 | Epicymatoceras Kummel |
| 1964 | Epicymatoceras Teichert et al. p. 454 |
| 1975 | Epicymatoceras Shimansky p. 121 |
| 2002 | Epicymatoceras Sepkoski |
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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. †Epicymatoceras Kummel 1956
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†Epicymatoceras monstrum Shimansky 1975
†Epicymatoceras vaelsense Binkhorst 1862
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| shell height | 1 | 53.0 | |||||
| shell diameter | 1 | 120.0 | |||||
| shell inflation | 1 | 33.0 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Maastrichtian | Denmark | E. vaelsense (67402) | |
| Maastrichtian | Kazakhstan | E. monstrum (165614 165632 165961) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Denmark | E. vaelsense (67340) |