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Endosiphonites muensteri

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Costaclymeniidae

Taxonomy
Endosiphonites muensteri was named by Ansted (1838). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Launceston, Petherwin Beds, which is in a Famennian carbonate limestone in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Endosiphonites.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Endosiphonites muensteri Ansted
1960Trochoclymenia ornata Petter
1999Endosiphonites muensteri Korn p. 161 figs. Pl 7, figs 1-3; text-figs 8A-E

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderClymeniidaHyatt 1884
suborderClymeniina
superfamilyGonioclymeniaceae
familyCostaclymeniidaeRuzhencev 1957
genusEndosiphonitesAnsted 1838
speciesmuensteriAnsted 1838

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.

Endosiphonites muensteri Ansted 1838
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Invalid names: Trochoclymenia ornata Petter 1960 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height516.13.1036.027.013.1
shell diameter550.014.397.873.032.9
shell inflation523.18.9040.431.612.6

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:37:52
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:37:52
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Famennian or 365.20000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Morocco Endosiphonites muensteri (135649 135650 135651 135652 170824 170857)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86United Kingdom (England) Endosiphonites muensteri (type locality: 170856)