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Epophioceroides apertus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Asteroceratidae

Taxonomy
Epophioceroides apertus was named by Dommergues et al. (2010). Its type specimen is UBGD 277102 and is a cast. Its type locality is Sao Pedro de Muel, Penedo da Saudade section, Bed 5088, which is in a Sinemurian marine limestone in the Coimbra Formation of Portugal. It is the type species of Epophioceroides.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Epophioceroides apertus Dommergues et al. p. 64 figs. Fig 6A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyAsteroceratidaeSpath 1946
genusEpophioceroides
speciesapertus

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.

Epophioceroides apertus Dommergues et al. 2010
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Sinemurian or 199.50000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Portugal Epophioceroides apertus (type locality: 196480)