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Epitornoceras
Taxonomy
Epitornoceras was named by Frech (1902) [Sepkoski's age data: D Give-u D Fras-l Sepkoski's reference number: 302,1042]. It is not extant. Its type is Goniatites (Tornoceras) mithracoides.
It was reranked as Tornoceras (Epitornoceras) by Frech (1902).
It was assigned to Tornoceras by Frech (1902); to Goniatitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Tornoceratinae by Korn and Klug (2002), Korn (2006), Bockwinkel et al. (2013), Bockwinkel et al. (2013), Bockwinkel et al. (2015), Bockwinkel and Korn (2015).
It was reranked as Tornoceras (Epitornoceras) by Frech (1902).
It was assigned to Tornoceras by Frech (1902); to Goniatitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Tornoceratinae by Korn and Klug (2002), Korn (2006), Bockwinkel et al. (2013), Bockwinkel et al. (2013), Bockwinkel et al. (2015), Bockwinkel and Korn (2015).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1902 | Epitornoceras Frech |
| 1902 | Tornoceras (Epitornoceras) Frech |
| 2002 | Epitornoceras Korn and Klug p. 158 |
| 2002 | Epitornoceras Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Epitornoceras Korn |
| 2013 | Epitornoceras Bockwinkel et al. p. 57 |
| 2013 | Epitornoceras Bockwinkel et al. p. 267 |
| 2015 | Epitornoceras Bockwinkel et al. p. 148 |
| 2015 | Epitornoceras Bockwinkel and Korn p. 358 |
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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. †Epitornoceras Frech 1902
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†Epitornoceras mithracoides Frech 1902
†Epitornoceras peracutum Hall 1876
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 9 | 26.4 | 9.00 | 49.0 | 30.4 | 13.0 | |
| shell diameter | 9 | 44.3 | 14.5 | 86.4 | 52.2 | 22.8 | |
| shell inflation | 9 | 0.459 | 0.001 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 1.16 |
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Givetian to the top of the Early/Lower Famennian or 383.40000 to 368.50000 Ma
Collections (19 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Givetian | USA (New York) | E. peracutum (136088) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian | USA (New York) | E. mithracoides (136124) E. peracutum (136126) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian | Germany | E. mithracoides (189319) E. sp., E. mithracoides (174854) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian | Morocco | E. mithracoides (135660 189346 189347 189348 189350 189420) | |
| Early/Lower Frasnian | USA (New York) | E. peracutum (136010 136061) | |
| Early/Lower Famennian | Australia (Western Australia) | E. peracutum (65388) | |
| Famennian | Australia (Western Australia) | E. peracutum (39072 39104 39108 39110 65093) |