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Ephialtites
Taxonomy
Ephialtites was named by Meunier (1903). Its type is Ephialtites jurassicus. It is the type genus of Ephialtitidae, Ephialtitinae.
It was assigned to Ephialtitidae by Handlirsch (1906), Whalley and Jarzembowski (1985), Carpenter (1992), Rasnitsyn and Zhang (2010); and to Ephialtitinae by Rasnitsyn and Martínez-Delclòs (2000), Li et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Ephialtitidae by Handlirsch (1906), Whalley and Jarzembowski (1985), Carpenter (1992), Rasnitsyn and Zhang (2010); and to Ephialtitinae by Rasnitsyn and Martínez-Delclòs (2000), Li et al. (2015).
Species
E. jurassicus (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1903 | Ephialtites Meunier p. 462 |
| 1906 | Ephialtites Handlirsch p. 578 |
| 1985 | Ephialtites Whalley and Jarzembowski p. 406 |
| 1992 | Ephialtites Carpenter |
| 2000 | Ephialtites Rasnitsyn and Martínez-Delclòs p. 73 |
| 2010 | Ephialtites Rasnitsyn and Zhang p. 845 |
| 2015 | Ephialtites Li et al. p. 2 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Barremian | Spain | E. jurassicus (118362) |