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Eoscaphites tenuicostatus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Taxonomy
Scaphites tenuicostatus was named by Pervinquiére (1910). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Eoscaphites tenuicostatus by Young (1979).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. subcircularis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Scaphites tenuicostatus Pervinquiére
1979Eoscaphites tenuicostatus Young p. 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyScaphitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyScaphitidaeGill 1871
subfamilyScaphitinaeGill 1871
genusEoscaphitesBreistroffer 1947
speciestenuicostatus(Pervinquiére 1910)

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.

†Eoscaphites tenuicostatus Pervinquiére 1910
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Mexico (Chihuahua) Eoscaphites tenuicostatus (88760)