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Eoamaltheus paraovatus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Eoderoceratidae

Taxonomy
Eoamaltheus paraovatus was named by Hillebrandt (2006). Its type specimen is TUB 790209/6/11, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Puesto Araya (E. multicostatus horizon, sample 790209/6), which is in a Davoei carbonate limestone in Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Eoamaltheus paraovatus Hillebrandt p. 137 figs. Pl 32, fig 5; pl 33, figs 1-12, cf. 13; pl 34, figs 2-13, cf. 1; text-figs 23g-n

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyEoderoceratidaeSpath 1929
subfamilyFanninoceratinaeDommergues and Meister 1999
genusEoamaltheusHillebrandt 1981
speciesparaovatus

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.

Eoamaltheus paraovatus Hillebrandt 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height2310.53.6039.39.608.57
shell diameter2332.210.7120.028.727.5
shell inflation2313.64.0055.011.912.9

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: Davoei or 189.60000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Davoei189.6 - 183.0Argentina Eoamaltheus paraovatus (type locality: 181769 181773 181856 181970 181972)