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Eogryphus tolmani

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida

Taxonomy
Eogryphus tolmani was named by Hertlein and Grant IV (1944). Its type specimen is UCLA 6203 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Eogryphus.

Subspecies

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Eogryphus tolmani Hertlein and Grant IV pp. 89-90 figs. pl. 5, figs. 1-3, 7; pl. 18, figs. 1, 9-11; text figure 22
1984Eogryphus tolmani Squires p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratellidinaMuir-Wood 1955
genusEogryphus
speciestolmani

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.

Eogryphus tolmani Hertlein and Grant IV 1944
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Eogryphus tolmani ynezensis Hertlein and Grant IV 1944
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:14:12
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:47:38
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Paleocene to the top of the Lutetian or 66.00000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) Eogryphus tolmani (11117)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Eogryphus tolmani (177611)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Eogryphus tolmani (200145 200854 207159 207168)