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Euroceras

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Glaphyritidae

Taxonomy

Euroceras was named by Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya (1971) [Sepkoski's age data: C Serp-l Sepkoski's reference number: 302,304].

It was assigned to Stenoglaphyritidae by Titus (2000); to Goniatitida by Sepkoski (2002); to Stenolaphyritidae by Korn (2006); and to Stenoglaphyritinae by Furnish et al. (2009).

Species

E. ellipsoidale, E. nyense

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1971	Euroceras Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 306
2000	Euroceras Titus pp. 46 - 47
2002	Euroceras Sepkoski
2006	Euroceras Korn
2009	Euroceras Furnish et al. p. 83

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Goniatitida	Hyatt 1884
suborder	Goniatitina	Hyatt 1884
superfamily	Gastrioceratoidea	()
family	Glaphyritidae
subfamily	Stenoglaphyritinae
genus	Euroceras

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. †Euroceras Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971

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†Euroceras ellipsoidale Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971

†Euroceras nyense Titus 2000

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
A. L. Titus 2000	Narrowly umbilicate, compressed forms with wide ventral lobes, swollen, bluntly pointed ventral prongs, and relatively wide first lateral saddles.

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	2	18.3	15.2	22.0	18.6	4.81
shell diameter	2	35.2	29.3	42.4	35.9	9.26
shell inflation	2	3.95	3.00	5.20	4.10	1.56

Composition:

aragoniteo

Environment:

marinec

Locomotion:

fast-movingo

Life habit:

nektonico

Diet:

carnivoreo

Vision:

well-developedc

Created:

2005-01-28 02:36:55

Modified:

2005-10-06 16:36:08

Source: o = order, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Arnsbergian or 326.90000 to 323.60000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Arnsbergian	326.9 - 323.6	Kazakhstan	E. ellipsoidale (166366)