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Eurystomites

Cephalopoda - Tarphycerida - Tarphyceratidae

Taxonomy
Eurystomites was named by Schröder (1891) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-u Sepkoski's reference number: 524]. Its type is Nautilus kelloggi.

It was assigned to Tarphyceratidae by Hyatt (1894), Ulrich et al. (1942), Ulrich et al. (1944), Teichert et al. (1964), Crick (1981), Kröger and Landing (2009), Evans (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Eurystomites Schröder p. 26
1894Eurystomites Hyatt p. 441
1942Eurystomites Ulrich et al.
1944Eurystomites Ulrich et al.
1964Eurystomites Teichert et al. p. 355
1981Eurystomites Crick p. 228
2009Eurystomites Kröger and Landing
2011Eurystomites Evans

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderTarphycerida()
familyTarphyceratidae
genusEurystomitesSchröder 1891

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. †Eurystomites Schröder 1891
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Eurystomites accelerans Ruedemann 1906
Eurystomites amplectens Ruedemann 1906
Eurystomites avensis Ulrich et al. 1942
Eurystomites bolarensis Ulrich et al. 1942
Eurystomites ferox Billings 1861
Eurystomites gibbosum Hyatt 1894
Eurystomites kelloggi Whitfield 1886
Eurystomites undatum Hall 1847
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:34:14
Modified: 2008-02-28 12:57:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Tulean to the top of the Blackhillsian or 481.70000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Ordovician486.85 - 471.3USA (New York) E. sp. (290)
Jeffersonian - Rangerian486.85 - 470.3Canada (Quebec) E. ferox (99217)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3USA (Virginia) E. bolarensis (99221)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3Canada (Quebec) E. ferox (56520)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3USA (Vermont) E. kelloggi, E. rotundus (42793)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3USA (New York) E. amplectens (171787) E. kelloggi, E. amplectens (90082 90194) E. kelloggi, E. amplectens, E. accelerans (42798)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3USA (Minnesota) E. kelloggi (56645)
Tulean - Blackhillsian481.7 - 471.3USA (Missouri) E. avensis (99876)