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Eothinites convexus

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae

Taxonomy
Eothinites convexus was named by Leonova (1989). Its type specimen is PIN 3591/258, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shindy River, bed 4, Pamir Mountains, which is in a Kungurian marine horizon in the Kochusu Formation of Tajikistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Eothinites convexus Leonova p. 127 figs. Pl 7, fig 1; text-figs 46b,48
2002Eothinites convexus Leonova
2005Eothinites convexus Zhou and Yang p. 383 figs. 5.3-5.5,7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNeoicoceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyMetalegoceratidae
subfamilyEothinitinae()
genusEothinitesRuzhencev 1933
speciesconvexus

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.

Eothinites convexus Leonova 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height214.3--14.3-
shell diameter247.040.255.047.610.5
shell inflation219.8--19.8-

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: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Tajikistan Eothinites convexus (111247 111283 111289 111290 111382 111386 type locality: 177979 177982 178030 178047 178130)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Xinjiang) Eothinites convexus (121707)