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Ebbighausenites contiguus

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Posttornoceratidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites contiguus was named by Munster (1832). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Schübelhammer (Münster collection), which is in a Famennian marine horizon in the Wapnica Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Posttornoceras contiguum by Sobolew (1912), Korn and Klug (2002), Becker (2002) and Woroncowa-Marcinowska (2006); it was recombined as Ebbighausenites contiguus by Korn et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Goniatites contiguus Munster
1912Posttornoceras contiguum Sobolew p. 8 figs. Pl 6, figs 5-7
2002Posttornoceras contiguum Becker p. 60 figs. Pl 2, figs 13-16; text-figs 3A,B,4A,4B
2002Posttornoceras contiguum Korn and Klug p. 168
2006Posttornoceras contiguum Woroncowa-Marcinowska p. 139 figs. 33F-H, 39A
2016Ebbighausenites contiguus Korn et al. p. 188 fig. 4,5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyTornoceratoidea(Arthaber 1911)
familyPosttornoceratidaeBogoslovsky 1962
subfamilyPosttornoceratinaeBogoslovsky 1962
genusEbbighausenites
speciescontiguus(Munster 1832)

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.

Ebbighausenites contiguus Munster 1832
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Famennian or 364.70000 to 360.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Germany Goniatites contiguus (181333)