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Episculites crassus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Episculitidae

Taxonomy
Episculites crassus was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 71002 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 97552, Crying Girl Prairie Creek, which is in an Alaunian marine horizon in the Pardonet Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Episculites crassus Tozer p. 254 figs. Pl 142, figs 10,11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTropitaceae(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyEpisculitidae()
genusEpisculites
speciescrassus

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.

Episculites crassus Tozer 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height27.90--7.90-
shell diameter223.523.024.023.50.707
shell inflation27.90--7.90-

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 215.38000 to 211.18000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Canada (British Columbia) Episculites crassus (type locality: 141678)