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Ephippioceras spirale

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Ephippioceratidae

Taxonomy
Ephippioceras spirale was named by Ramsbottom and Moore (1961). Its type specimen is BGS 87296, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality B9, stream southwest of Kiltyclogher, which is in a Brigantian marine shale in Ireland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Ephippioceras spirale Ramsbottom and Moore p. 632 figs. Pl 29, fig 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyClydonautiloidea(Hyatt in Zittel 1900)
familyEphippioceratidae
genusEphippiocerasHyatt 1884
speciesspirale

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.

†Ephippioceras spirale Ramsbottom and Moore 1961
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Brigantian or 336.00000 to 330.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9Ireland Ephippioceras spirale (type locality: 224288)