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Eospondylus
Taxonomy
Eospondylus was named by Gregory (1897) [Sepkoski's age data: D Sieg-l D Emsi-l]. Its type is Ophiurella primigenia. It is the type genus of Eospondylidae.
It was assigned to Eoluidiidae by Schuchert (1915); to Hallasteridae by Spencer (1925) and Lehmann (1957); to Lapworthuridae by Owen (1965); to Eospondylidae by Spencer and Wright (1966) and Boczarowski (2001); and to Phrynophiurida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Eoluidiidae by Schuchert (1915); to Hallasteridae by Spencer (1925) and Lehmann (1957); to Lapworthuridae by Owen (1965); to Eospondylidae by Spencer and Wright (1966) and Boczarowski (2001); and to Phrynophiurida by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1897 | Eospondylus Gregory p. 1039 |
| 1915 | Eospondylus Schuchert p. 263 |
| 1925 | Eospondylus Spencer pp. 309-310 |
| 1957 | Eospondylus Lehmann p. 57 |
| 1965 | Eospondylus Owen p. 556 |
| 1966 | Eospondylus Spencer and Wright p. U90 |
| 2001 | Eospondylus Boczarowski p. 38 |
| 2002 | Eospondylus Sepkoski |
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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.
G. †Eospondylus Gregory 1897
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†Eospondylus ingens Boczarowski 2001
†Eospondylus primigenius Stürtz 1886
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan 1992, Spencer and Wright 1966, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Emsian to the top of the Givetian or 409.10000 to 382.70000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pragian | Australia (Victoria) | E. sp. (647) | |
| Early/Lower Emsian | Germany | E. primigenius (26904) | |
| Eifelian | Poland (Swietokrzyskie) | E. ingens (94509) | |
| Late/Upper Eifelian | Germany | E. sp. (60140) | |
| Givetian | Poland (Swietokrzyskie) | E. ingens (94484) |