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Eutrephoceras decorum

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy
Eutrephoceras decorum was named by Shimansky (1975). Its type specimen is PIN 1619/41, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Uzen valley, Mangyshlak Peninsula, which is in a Maastrichtian marine horizon in Kazakhstan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Eutrephoceras decorum Shimansky p. 70 figs. Pl 8, figs 3,4

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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
speciesdecorum

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 decorum Shimansky 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height130.0
shell diameter144.0
shell inflation10.001

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, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Kazakhstan Eutrephoceras decorum (type locality: 165632)