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Epigymnites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gymnitidae

Taxonomy
Epigymnites was named by Diener (1916) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Anis-u Tr Ladi Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Gymnitinae by Fantini Sestini (1996); to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Gymnitidae by Spath (1951), Kummel (1960), Tozer (1981), Fantini Sestini (1994) and Vörös (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Epigymnites Diener
1951Epigymnites Spath p. 170
1960Epigymnites Kummel
1981Epigymnites Tozer p. 93
1994Epigymnites Fantini Sestini
1996Epigymnites Fantini Sestini
2002Epigymnites Sepkoski
2018Epigymnites Vörös p. 136

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPinacoceratoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyGymnitidaeWaagen 1895
genusEpigymnitesDiener 1916

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. †Epigymnites Diener 1916
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†Epigymnites alexandrae Smith 1914
†Epigymnites credneri von Mojsisovics 1882
†Epigymnites credneriformis Fantini Sestini 1994
†Epigymnites ecki von Mojsisovics 1882
†Epigymnites frequens Fantini Sestini 1994
†Epigymnites jollyanus Oppel 1863
†Epigymnites moelleri von Mojsisovics 1882
†Epigymnites paronae Longhi 1899
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height292.0--92.0-
shell diameter2259.0258.0260.0259.01.41
shell inflation295.0--95.0-

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Pelsonian to the top of the Oretian or 247.20000 to 221.00000 Ma

Collections (47 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0India (Uttarakhand) Gymnites jollyanus (206204)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Gymnites jollyanus (206205)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Nepal (Byans) Gymnites jollyanus (206207)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Croatia E. ecki (214519)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Hungary E. ecki (199590 199591)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Greece (Epidavros) E. icultus, E. obliquus, E. bosnensis, E. ecki (211433) E. incultus (211432) E. obliquus, E. incultus (211431)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Italy (Trentino) E. sp. (213258)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Switzerland (Ticino) Gymnites ecki (44686)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0USA (Nevada) E. alexandrae (44154 110987 143025) Gymnites alexandrae (142671)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Italy (Bergamo) E. sp. (33394 33395 211544 211565)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Italy E. ecki (233832)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Greece (Epidavros) E. incultus (211429)
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0Italy (Udine) Gymnites ecki, Gymnites credneri, Gymnites moelleri (201597)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Italy (Trento) Gymnites ecki (202272)
Illyrian - Fassanian247.2 - 235.0Italy E. sp. (190093)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Italy (Bergamo) E. sp. (211554)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Italy (South Tyrol) Gymnites ecki (205127 205134)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Italy (Udine) Gymnites ecki, Gymnites credneri, Gymnites moelleri (211815)
Fassanian242.0 - 235.0Hungary E. ecki (92049)
Fassanian242.0 - 235.0Japan E. jollyanus (124316)
Fassanian242.0 - 235.0Italy (Bergamo) E. credneri (33377 33385) E. credneri, E. moelleri, E. paronae (33382 33387) E. credneriformis (33393 211545) E. moelleri (33360 33371 33374 33375 211541 211552) E. paronae (211539)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Italy (Bergamo) E. ecki (211548) E. ecki, E. credneriformis, E. frequens (211549)
Oretian227.5 - 221.0New Zealand E. sp. (33092)
Otamitan221.5 - 212.0New Zealand E. sp. (137841)