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Eotetragonites wintunius

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae

Taxonomy
Lytoceras (Gabbioceras) wintunium was named by Anderson (1938). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS 1348, Alderson Creek, which is in an Aptian marine horizon in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.

It was recombined as Gabbioceras wintunium by Murphy (1956); it was recombined as Eotetragonites wintunius by Murphy (1967).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Lytoceras (Gabbioceras) wintunium Anderson p. 150 figs. Plate 15, figure 5; plate 16, figures 2, 3, 4, 5
1956Gabbioceras wintunium Murphy pp. Fig. 6
1967Eotetragonites wintunius Murphy pp. 20 - 21 figs. Pl. 3, FIgs. 4, 5, and 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyTetragonitoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyTetragonitidaeHyatt 1900
subfamilyGaudryceratinae(Spath 1927)
genusEotetragonitesSpath 1927
specieswintunius()

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.

†Eotetragonites wintunius Anderson 1938
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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 Aptian or 119.57000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2USA (California) Eotetragonites wintunius (90666 230740) Gabbioceras wintunium (167367 216314 216315 216318 216320 216321 216322 216323 216324 216328 216330 216333 216336 216339 216345) Lytoceras wintunium (type locality: 216432)