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Eothetidites lacrimosus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Thetiditidae

Taxonomy
Eothetidites lacrimosus was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 28883 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 83835, Crying Girl Prairie Creek, which is in an Alaunian marine horizon in the Pardonet Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Eothetidites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Eothetidites lacrimosus Tozer p. 203 figs. Pl 138, figs 1-7; text-figs 112a-c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyClydonitaceaeMojsisovics 1879
familyThetiditidaeTozer 1971
genusEothetidites
specieslacrimosus

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height613.47.0033.313.49.28
shell diameter642.027.098.039.026.2
shell inflation619.413.542.117.910.7

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Alaunian or 215.56000 to 212.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Canada (British Columbia) Eothetidites lacrimosus (type locality: 139137 141661 141728 141729)