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Eurycephalites involutus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphaeroceratidae

Taxonomy
Xenocephalites involutus was named by Riccardi and Westermann (1991).

It was recombined as Eurycephalites involutus by Parent (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Xenocephalites involutus Riccardi and Westermann p. 81 figs. Pl 19, figs 3,4
1998Eurycephalites involutus Parent p. 115 figs. 29L-O, 30A-C, F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familySphaeroceratidaeBuckman 1920
subfamilyEurycephalitinaeThierry 1976
genusEurycephalites
speciesinvolutus(Riccardi and Westermann 1991)

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.

Eurycephalites involutus Riccardi and Westermann 1991
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height141.0
shell diameter162.5
shell inflation17.80

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Early/Lower Callovian or 165.30000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Argentina (Neuquen) Eurycephalites involutus (158984)