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Epideroceras grande

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Phricodoceratidae

Taxonomy
Epideroceras grande was named by Donovan (1958). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Epideroceras lorioli by Blau (1998) and Meister and Friebe (2003).

Subspecies

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Epideroceras grande Donovan pp. p. 38 figs. Pl. 3, figs 1a-b, text-fig. 7
1965Epideroceras grande Bremer
2023Epideroceras grande Zaitsev and Ippolitov p. 262 figs. Pl 2, fig 5; pl 3, figs 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyPhricodoceratidae(Spath 1938)
genusEpiderocerasTill 1909
speciesgrandeDonovan 1958

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.

Epideroceras grande Donovan 1958
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height175.0
shell diameter1229.0
shell inflation1108.8

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Sinemurian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliensbachian or 196.50000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Raricostatum196.5 - 189.6Ukraine (Crimea) Epideroceras grande (230735)
Late/Upper Sinemurian - Early/Lower Pliensbachian196.5 - 183.0Turkey Epideroceras grande (218660)
Jamesoni189.6 - 183.0Hungary Epideroceras grande (108313)