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Epistroboceras lesliense

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Trigonoceratidae

Taxonomy
Epistroboceras lesliense was named by Niko and Mapes (2007). Its type specimen is OUZC 5225, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Loc. 1. USGS 14369. Road cut on se side US 65, 0.8 km sw of Peyton Creek Bridge, which is in a Serpukhovian offshore grainstone/shale in the Imo Formation of Arkansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Epistroboceras lesliense Niko and Mapes pp. 295 – 297 figs. 3, 4.1–4.9, 4.12, 4.13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderTainoceratinaShimansky 1964
superfamilyTrigonoceratoidea(Hyatt 1884)
familyTrigonoceratidae
genusEpistrobocerasTurner 1954
specieslesliense

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.

Epistroboceras lesliense Niko and Mapes 2007
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. Niko and R. H. Mapes 2007Species of Epistroboceras with width/height ratios of 0.70–0.80 and umbilical angle strongly shifted to dorsum in adoral whorl; ratios of umbilical zone height to whorl height are small, 0.13–0.17; ventral platform wide; ventral (hyponomic) sinus V-shaped; siphuncle subventral with small position ratios (see the description for definition) of 0.13–0.15.
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: Serpukhovian or 330.90000 to 323.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (Arkansas) Epistroboceras lesliense (type locality: 5517)