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Ermoceras deserti

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Stephanoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ermoceras deserti was named by Douvillé (1916). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gebel Aroussieh (Bajocian black limestone), which is in a Bajocian carbonate limestone in Egypt.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. mogharensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Ermoceras deserti Douvillé p. 17 figs. Pl. 2, Fig. 2a-c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familyStephanoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
genusErmoceras
speciesdeserti

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.

†Ermoceras deserti Douvillé 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Bajocian or 170.90000 to 168.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Saudi Arabia Ermoceras deserti (48084 48105 48106)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Egypt Ermoceras deserti (type locality: 170872)