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Eumorphoceras (Sulcogirtyoceras) jasperense

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Girtyoceratidae

Taxonomy
Girtyoceras jasperense was named by Gordon (1964). Its type specimen is USNM 119626, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 14376, Jasper, which is in a Pendleian marine shale in the Fayetteville Formation of Arkansas.

It was recombined as Eumorphoceras (Sulcogirtyoceras) jasperense by Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya (1971).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Girtyoceras jasperense Gordon p. 229 figs. Pl 24, figs 1-9; text-figs 63E,F, 64F,G
1971Eumorphoceras (Sulcogirtyoceras) jasperense Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 177

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyGirtyocerataceaeWedekind 1918
familyGirtyoceratidaeWedekind 1918
subfamilyGirtyoceratinaeWedekind 1918
genusEumorphocerasRuzhencev 1960
subgenusSulcogirtyoceras
speciesjasperense()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height46.914.709.207.352.08
shell diameter414.410.718.415.03.55
shell inflation44.123.704.904.000.545

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 (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0USA (Arkansas) Girtyoceras jasperense (157847 type locality: 157883 157945)