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Erfoudites

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Sporadoceratidae

Taxonomy
Erfoudites was named by Korn (1999).

It was assigned to Xenosporadoceratinae by Korn (2006), Korn et al. (2015).

Species
E. rherisensis, E. rotundulobatus, E. ungeri, E. zizensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
E. spiriferus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Erfoudites Korn p. 156
2006Erfoudites Korn
2015Erfoudites Korn et al. p. 66

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPraeglyphioceratoidea(Ruzhencev 1957)
familySporadoceratidaeMiller and Furnish 1957
subfamilyXenosporadoceratinaeKorn 2002
genusErfoudites

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.

G. †Erfoudites Korn 1999
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†Erfoudites rotundulobatus Schindewolf 1924
†Erfoudites ungeri Munster 1840
†Erfoudites zizensis Korn 1999
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height518.113.026.118.64.88
shell diameter531.221.245.632.89.06
shell inflation50.0030.0010.5000.0010.223

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Famennian to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 368.50000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Algeria E. rherisensis (172975)
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Morocco E. rherisensis (170809 170810 170811 170846 172956 172957 172958 172959 172960 172961 172963 172965 172974) E. spiriferus (171724) E. zizensis (135655 170819 170834 170843 170844 170845 172968 172972 172973)
Middle Famennian - Late/Upper Famennian368.5 - 358.86Morocco E. rherisensis (170779 170847 170848 170849 170850 170851)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Morocco E. rherisensis (135649 135650 135651 135652 135654)