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Eudiscoceras gabbi

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Taxonomy
Eudiscoceras gabbi was named by Meek (1877). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cottonwood Canon, West Humboldt Range, which is in an Illyrian/Fassanian carbonate limestone in Nevada. It is the type species of Eudiscoceras.

It was recombined as Ceratites (Paraceratites) gabbi by Smith (1914).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Eudiscoceras gabbi Meek p. 128 figs. Pl 11, figs 3,3a
1905Eudiscoceras gabbi Hyatt and Smith p. 179 figs. Pl 24, figs 1,2
1914Ceratites (Paraceratites) gabbi Smith p. 88 figs. Pl 5, figs 1,2; pl 15, figs 4,4a
1951Eudiscoceras gabbi Spath p. 10
1982Eudiscoceras gabbi Silberling and Nichols p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCeratitoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyCeratitidaeMojsisovics 1879
subfamilyBeyrichitinae()
genusEudiscoceras
speciesgabbi

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.

Eudiscoceras gabbi Meek 1877
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Illyrian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0USA (Nevada) Ceratites gabbi (33225)
Illyrian - Fassanian247.2 - 235.0USA (Nevada) Eudiscoceras gabbi (type locality: 142621)