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Epitornoceras peracutum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Tornoceratidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites peracutus was named by Hall (1876). Its type specimen is NYSM 4091 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Epitornoceras peracutum by Petersen (1975), Korn and Klug (2002), House and Kirchgasser (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Goniatites peracutus Hall figs. Pl 69, fig 8; pl 74, fig 13
1975Epitornoceras peracutum Petersen p. 18 figs. Pl 6, figs 7,8; text-fig 9A, 12C
2002Epitornoceras peracutum Korn and Klug p. 158
2008Epitornoceras peracutum House and Kirchgasser p. 171 figs. Pl 34, fig 8; text-fig 57A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyTornocerataceaeArthaber 1911
familyTornoceratidaeArthaber 1911
subfamilyTornoceratinaeArthaber 1911
genusEpitornocerasFrech 1902
speciesperacutum(Hall 1876)

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 height623.09.0045.026.413.2
shell diameter638.014.575.044.421.9
shell inflation60.5750.0013.002.001.17

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 Late/Upper Givetian to the top of the Early/Lower Famennian or 383.40000 to 368.50000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (New York) Epitornoceras peracutum (136088)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31USA (New York) Epitornoceras peracutum (136126)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0USA (New York) Epitornoceras peracutum (136010 136061)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Australia (Western Australia) Epitornoceras peracutum (65388)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Australia (Western Australia) Epitornoceras peracutum (39072 39104 39108 39110 65093)