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Eumorphoceras

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Girtyoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Eumorphoceras Girty
2000Eumorphoceras Titus p. 18
2002Eumorphoceras Sepkoski
2006Eumorphoceras Korn
2009Eumorphoceras Furnish et al. p. 46

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyGirtyocerataceaeWedekind 1918
familyGirtyoceratidaeWedekind 1918
subfamilyGirtyoceratinaeWedekind 1918
genusEumorphocerasGirty 1909

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. †Eumorphoceras Girty 1909
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Eumorphoceras angustum Moore 1946
Eumorphoceras bisati Horn 1960
Eumorphoceras girtyi Elias 1956
Eumorphoceras hudsoni Gill 1947
Eumorphoceras medusa Yates 1961
Eumorphoceras milleri Gordon 1964
Eumorphoceras ornatissimum Miller and Youngquist 1948
Eumorphoceras paucinodum Gordon, Jr. 1964
Eumorphoceras richardsoni McCaleb et al. 1964
Eumorphoceras rota Yates 1961
Eumorphoceras tornquisti Wolterstoff 1899
Eumorphoceras transuralense Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971
Eumorphoceras tumulosum Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height86.462.8011.37.202.53
shell diameter814.810.022.615.33.87
shell inflation84.613.706.404.800.940

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 Chesterian to the top of the Arnsbergian or 335.50000 to 323.70000 Ma

Collections (60 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.9United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) E. medusa, E. rota (211912)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9Germany (Westfalen) E. pseudocoronula, E. tornquisti (5536)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9USA (Arkansas) Girtyoceras ornatissimum (157984)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (England) E. tornquisti (8252)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Nevada) E. bisulcatum (12781)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Arkansas) E. bisulcatum (79627) E. sp. (133188)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Oklahoma) E. bisulcatum, E. girtyi (584)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0USA (Arkansas) E. milleri (84400 84404 157680 157681 157682 157683 157684 157685 157686 157688 157821 157822 157843 157845 157933 157936 157946 157949 157950 157980 157982 157983 158012 160494)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0Germany (Westfalen) E. dichalocium, E. pseudocoronula (5537) E. medusa, E. pseudocoronula (5539)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0United Kingdom (Scotland) E. sp. (92588)
Pendleian - Arnsbergian330.9 - 323.7United Kingdom (England) E. bisulcatum (8172 8173 8174) E. sp. (8171)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (Oklahoma) E. girtyi (5611)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (Texas) E. bisulcatum (128624)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7USA (Arkansas) E. bisulcatum (157881 157997)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) E. paucinodum (166954) E. transuralense (166953)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7Russian Federation (Orenburg) E. bisulcatum (166935) E. tumulosum (166947)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7United Kingdom (Scotland) E. bisulcatum (93311 93314)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7United Kingdom (England) E. bisulcatum (8254 8255 8461 8463 8464) E. sp. (8617) E. yatesae (8620)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7USA (Oklahoma) E. bisulcatum (157974 158039)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7USA (California) E. bisulcatum (220592) E. paucinodum (217143)