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Eutrephoceras sloani

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy
Eutrephoceras sloani was named by Reeside (1924) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; South Carolina.]. Its type specimen is USNM 352528, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Perkins Bluff, which is in a Danian transition zone/lower shoreface mudstone in the Rhems Formation of South Carolina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Eutrephoceras sloani Reeside p. 3
1933Eutrephoceras sloani Miller and Thompson p. 302
1936Eutrephoceras sloani Cooke p. 43
1940Eutrephoceras sloani Stenzel p. 733
1942Eutrephoceras sloani Stenzel figs. cards 6a, 6b
1947Eutrephoceras sloani Miller p. 35
1976Eutrephoceras sloani Bailey p. 237 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-4; pl 2, figs 1-4; text-figs 4,5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyNautilidaede Blainville 1825
genusEutrephoceras
speciessloani

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.

Eutrephoceras sloani Reeside 1924
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height1112.0
shell diameter1150.0
shell inflation10.001

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:10:59
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:59
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Thanetian or 66.00000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (South Carolina) Eutrephoceras sloani (type locality: 81239)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (North Carolina) Eutrephoceras sloani (187613 187614 187615)