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Eutrephoceras merteni

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy
Eutrephoceras merteni was named by Wiedmann (1960). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ollobarren, near Estella, which is in a Turonian carbonate marl in Spain.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Eutrephoceras merteni Wiedmann p. 164 figs. Pl 25, figs 4,5; pl 26, figs 5,6; text-fig 7
1975Eutrephoceras merteni Shimansky p. 65 figs. Pl 6, fig 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyNautilidaede Blainville 1825
genusEutrephoceras
speciesmerteni

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.

Eutrephoceras merteni Wiedmann 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height384.664.0103.092.020.1
shell diameter3131.3100.0152.0149.029.2
shell inflation30.0220.00110.00.0015.77

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:10:59
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:59
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Turonian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 93.90000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Spain (Burgos) Eutrephoceras merteni (type locality: 171020)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Spain (Burgos) Eutrephoceras merteni (171022)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Armenia Eutrephoceras merteni (165623)