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Euomphaloceras merewetheri

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Euomphaloceras merewetheri was named by Cobban et al. (1989). Its type specimen is USNM 425235 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic D8314, which is in a Cenomanian marine siliciclastic in the Belle Fourche Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Euomphaloceras merewetheri Cobban et al. pp. 36 - 37 figs. 36, 77A-R

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyEuomphaloceratinae
genusEuomphaloceras
speciesmerewetheri

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.

†Euomphaloceras merewetheri Cobban et al. 1989
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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 Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Wyoming) Euomphaloceras merewetheri (type locality: 175424)