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Episculites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Episculitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Episculites Spath p. 114
1981Episculites Tatzreiter
1981Episculites Tozer p. 99
1994Episculites Tozer p. 253
2002Episculites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTropitaceae(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyEpisculitidae()
genusEpisculites

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. †Episculites Spath 1951
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Episculites browni McLearn 1939
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Invalid names: Isculites ornatus McLearn 1947 [synonym]
Episculites crassus Tozer 1994
Episculites decrescens Hauer 1855
Episculites eunapii Diener 1923
Episculites subdecrescens Mojsisovics 1893
Episculites teres McLearn 1947
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Invalid names: Isculites corpulentus McLearn 1947 [synonym]
Episculites wrighti Tozer 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height129.396.5018.17.954.41
shell diameter1223.615.043.023.58.16
shell inflation125.763.0010.95.353.16

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Alaunian or 215.56000 to 212.00000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Indonesia E. eunapii (220210) E. teres (151058 170396 170398) E. teres, E. eunapii (139412) E. teres, E. subdecrescens (220207)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Canada (British Columbia) E. browni, E. teres (46631) E. crassus (141678) E. teres (137030 137097 137100 141712 141724) E. wrighti (137691 139116) Isculites browni, Isculites ornatus, E. teres (46630)