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Epicanites hamianensis

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Daraelitidae

Taxonomy
Epicanites hamianensis was named by Korn and Ebbighausen (2006). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.9075.1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GI-B, Gara el Itima, which is in a Brigantian basinal (siliciclastic) shale in the Hamou-Rhanem Formation of Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Epicanites hamianensis Korn and Ebbighausen p. 49 figs. 47, 48

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderProlecanitidaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyProlecanitoidea()
familyDaraelitidae
genusEpicanitesSchindewolf 1926
specieshamianensis

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.

†Epicanites hamianensis Korn and Ebbighausen 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1121.28.1033.820.37.49
shell diameter1148.718.275.348.616.4
shell inflation1114.36.3020.515.44.33

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:37:20
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:37:20
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Brigantian or 335.90000 to 330.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Morocco Epicanites hamianensis (157740 157741 157742 157743 157749)