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Eumorphoceras milleri

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Girtyoceratidae

Taxonomy
Eumorphoceras milleri was named by Gordon (1964). Its type specimen is USNM 119637, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM 3301, East (Sequoyah) Mountain, which is in a Pendleian marine shale in the Fayetteville Formation of Arkansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Eumorphoceras milleri Gordon p. 238 figs. Pl 25, figs 1-8,11-13,23,32; text-figs 63I,J, 67A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyGirtyocerataceaeWedekind 1918
familyGirtyoceratidaeWedekind 1918
subfamilyGirtyoceratinaeWedekind 1918
genusEumorphocerasGirty 1909
speciesmilleri

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.

Eumorphoceras milleri Gordon 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height35.262.807.307.102.54
shell diameter313.710.016.116.03.49
shell inflation35.545.006.405.300.737

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: Pendleian or 330.90000 to 327.00000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0USA (Arkansas) Eumorphoceras milleri (type locality: 84400 84404 157680 157681 157682 157683 157684 157685 157686 157688 157821 157822 157843 157845 157933 157936 157946 157949 157950 157980 157982 157983 158012 160494)