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Eoasianites smithwickensis

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Neoicoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nuculoceras smithwickense was named by Plummer and Scott (1937).

It was recombined as Eoasianites smithwickensis by McCaleb (1963); it was recombined as Syngastrioceras smithwickense by Nassichuk (1975).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Nuculoceras smithwickense Plummer and Scott p. 109 figs. Pl 8, figs 6-11
1963Eoasianites smithwickensis McCaleb p. 871 figs. Pl 111, figs 1-4
1975Syngastrioceras smithwickense Nassichuk p. 88 figs. pl.7 fig.5, textfig.33B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNeoicoceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyNeoicoceratidaeHyatt 1900
genusEoasianitesRuzhencev 1933
speciessmithwickensis()

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.

Eoasianites smithwickensis Plummer and Scott 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height110.5
shell diameter121.3
shell inflation13.00

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: base of the Morrowan to the top of the Moscovian or 323.40000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Arkansas) Eoasianites smithwickensis (43441 43442 43443 43448)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Texas) Nuculoceras smithwickense (79328 128626)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Canada (Nunavut) Nuculoceras smithwickense (62646 62652 170690 170691) Syngastrioceras sp. (62696)