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Ephippiorthoceras dowlingi

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratoidea

Taxonomy
Ephippiorthoceras dowlingi was named by Foerste and Savage (1927).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Ephippiorthoceras dowlingi Foerste and Savage pp. 13, 24, 43-44 figs. pl. 4 f. 3A-B
1928Ephippiorthoceras modestum Troedsson
1954Ephippiorthoceras dowlingi Miller et al. pp. 54 - 55 figs. pl. 20 f. 1-3; pl. 21 f. 7-8; pl. 2 f. 2-4; pl. 44 f. 13-16; pl. 51 f. 1-2; pl. 56 f. 5-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
familyOrthoceratoidea()
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
familyProteoceratidae
genusEphippiorthocerasFoerste 1924
speciesdowlingiFoerste and Savage 1927

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.

Ephippiorthoceras dowlingi Foerste and Savage 1927
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Invalid names: Ephippiorthoceras modestum Troedsson 1928 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:35:22
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:56:59
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Edenian to the top of the Cautleyan or 451.00000 to 448.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Nunavut) Ephippiorthoceras dowlingi (24225)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) Ephippiorthoceras dowlingi (24124)
Richmondian - Gamachian449.6 - 443.1Canada (Manitoba) Ephippiorthoceras dowlingi (23011)
Cautleyan449.2 - 448.8Greenland (Washington Land) Ephippiorthoceras modestum (24162)