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Epimayaites subtumidus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphaeroceratidae

Taxonomy
Stephanoceras subtumidum was named by Waagen (1875). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kanthkot Ammonite Bed exposed on bed of Trambau River, which is in an Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian marine sandstone in the Wagad Sandstone Formation of India.

It was recombined as Epimayaites subtumidus by Alberti et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Stephanoceras subtumidum Waagen
2015Epimayaites subtumidus Alberti et al. p. 102 figs. 21B, 22, 23, 24A-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)
familySphaeroceratidaeBuckman 1920
subfamilyMayaitinae(Spath 1928)
genusEpimayaitesSpath 1928
speciessubtumidus()

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.

Epimayaites subtumidus Waagen 1875
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height271.551.599.475.533.9
shell diameter2135.697.3189.0143.264.8
shell inflation218.015.820.418.13.25

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Oxfordian or 157.90000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Madagascar Epimayaites subtumidus (98177)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8India (Gujarat) Epimayaites subtumidus (182029)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21India (Gujarat) Stephanoceras subtumidum (234314)