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Eumedlicottia

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae

Taxonomy
Eumedlicottia was named by Spath (1934) [Sepkoski's age data: P Leon P Djhu Sepkoski's reference number: 1251]. It is not extant. Its type is Medlicottia bifrons.

It was assigned to Prolecanitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Medlicottiinae by Leonova (2002), Korn (2006), Furnish et al. (2009), Zhou (2017) and Leonova (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Eumedlicottia Spath
2002Eumedlicottia Leonova
2002Eumedlicottia Sepkoski
2006Eumedlicottia Korn
2009Eumedlicottia Furnish et al. p. 202
2017Eumedlicottia Zhou p. 40
2019Eumedlicottia Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderProlecanitidaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyMedlicottioidea(Karpinsky 1889)
familyMedlicottiidae
subfamilyMedlicottiinae
genusEumedlicottiaSpath 1934

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. †Eumedlicottia Spath 1934
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Eumedlicottia bifrons Gemmellaro 1887
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Invalid names: Eumedlicottia guadalupensis Plummer and Scott 1937 [synonym]
Eumedlicottia nikitini Zakharov 1986
Eumedlicottia primas Waagen 1872
Eumedlicottia subprimas Haniel 1915
Eumedlicottia verneuili Gemmellaro 1887
Eumedlicottia whitneyi Böse 1919
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Invalid names: Eumedlicottia crotonensis Plummer and Scott 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1723.811.259.027.215.2
shell diameter1739.110.5114.041.829.5
shell inflation171.030.00110.01.502.53

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:37:20
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:37:20
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Changhsingian or 279.30000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (57 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3Indonesia E. subprimas (39614)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Colombia Medlicottia sp. (40949) Medlicottia whitneyi (119258)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) E. crotonensis (128589) E. sp. (101785) E. whitneyi (105574 105926 106114) Medlicottia whitneyi (90740 90745 113203 113210 128590)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Mexico (Coahuila) Medlicottia whitneyi (63101)
Kungurian - Roadian279.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) E. sp. (106116)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Mexico (Coahuila) Medlicottia burckhardti (62925 63051 63055)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Oman E. bifrons (82199 102388)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) E. burckhardti (101783) E. sp. (102603 105876 105887 106125) E. whitneyi (106117) Medlicottia burckhardti (43553 113182 113197 113206 113208 113209 113238 128591) Medlicottia whitneyi (43512)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 264.28USA (Texas) E. sp. (102630)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Mexico (Coahuila) Medlicottia burckhardti (62916 62921)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Medlicottia bifrons, Medlicottia verneuili (108567) Medlicottia verneuili (108566)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Canada (British Columbia) E. burckhardti (62319)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Guizhou) E. kabiensis (185584)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) E. guadalupensis (128592 128593) Medlicottia burckhardti (105514 113188 113254)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Sichuan) E. burckhardti (102909)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan E. primas (107590 107592)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Iran (Abadeh) E. matini (63894)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Russian Federation E. primas (212285 212286) E. sp. (212288)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Pakistan E. primas (126736) Goniatites primas (90253)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Japan E. sp. (107599)