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Ephippiorthoceras

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Proteoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Ephippiorthoceras Foerste
1934Ephippiorthoceras Strand
1958Ephippiorthoceras Sweet
1962Ephippiorthoceras Flower
1964Ephippiorthoceras Teichert et al. p. 256
1981Ephippiorthoceras Crick p. 228

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
familyProteoceratidae
genusEphippiorthocerasFoerste 1924

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. †Ephippiorthoceras Foerste 1924
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†Ephippiorthoceras dowlingi Foerste and Savage 1927
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Invalid names: Ephippiorthoceras modestum Troedsson 1928 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:35:22
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:56:59
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Trentonian to the top of the Telychian or 457.30000 to 433.40000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician470.0 - 443.8Canada (Nunavut) E. sp. (24125 24161 24240)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician470.0 - 443.8Canada (Saskatchewan) E. sp. (24164)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician470.0 - 443.8Canada (Manitoba) E. sp. (24165)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0Norway E. sp. (2948)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8USA (Iowa, Minnesota) E. sp. (24169)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8Canada (Quebec) E. sp. (24172 24173 24174)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8USA (South Dakota) E. sp. (24168)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8USA (Wyoming) E. sp. (24167)
Wildernessian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) E. compressum (26947 26948 26953)
Trentonian - Richmondian457.3 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) E. compressum, E. baffinense (24115)
Chatfieldian - Edenian453.8 - 450.2Canada (Nunavut) E. spp. (24116)
Rakvere - Nabala451.8 - 449.9Norway (Ringerike) E. frognoeyense (162221)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Nunavut) E. dowlingi (24225)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) E. sp. (23724)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Iowa) E. sp. (24170)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) E. sp. (23778 23779 23780)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) E. sigmoidale (26293)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) E. laddi, E. tenuistriatum (23741)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) E. laddi, E. tenuistriatum (23783)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) E. laddi (23744)
Maysvillian - Richmondian450.2 - 445.5USA (Colorado) E. sp. (10390 24166) E. spp. (10338)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) E. baffinense, E. compressum, E. sp., E. dowlingi (24124)
Richmondian - Gamachian449.6 - 443.7Canada (Manitoba) E. dowlingi (23011)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Ringerike) E. plicatuloides (162233)
Pusgillian - Rawtheyan449.5 - 445.2Norway (Ringerike) E. frognoyense (163026)
Gamachian449.5 - 443.7Canada (Manitoba) E. minutum (26358 26359 26363)
Cautleyan449.2 - 448.8Greenland (Washington Land) E. modestum (24162)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) E. formosum (158750)