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Erfoudites rherisensis

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Sporadoceratidae

Taxonomy
Erfoudites rherisensis was named by Korn (1999). Its type specimen is GPIT 1850-3, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bou Ifarherioun (Dunkeri zone), which is in a Famennian carbonate limestone in Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Erfoudites rherisensis Korn p. 158 figs. Pl 2, figs 4-6; text-fig 6F
2015Erfoudites rherisensis Korn et al. p. 70 figs. 23-31

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPraeglyphioceratoidea(Ruzhencev 1957)
familySporadoceratidaeMiller and Furnish 1957
subfamilyXenosporadoceratinaeKorn 2002
genusErfoudites
speciesrherisensis

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 height318.713.026.119.26.55
shell diameter332.021.245.634.012.2
shell inflation30.0080.0010.5000.0010.288

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: base of the Middle Famennian to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 368.50000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Algeria Erfoudites rherisensis (172975)
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Morocco Erfoudites rherisensis (170809 170810 170811 type locality: 170846 172956 172957 172958 172959 172960 172961 172963 172965 172974)
Middle Famennian - Late/Upper Famennian368.5 - 358.86Morocco Erfoudites rherisensis (170779 170847 170848 170849 170850 170851)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Morocco Erfoudites rherisensis (135649 135650 135651 135652 135654)