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Eparietites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Asteroceratidae

Taxonomy
Eparietites was named by Spath (1924) [Sepkoski's age data: J Sine-l J Sine-u Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); to Asteroceratinae by Blau (1998), Meister and Friebe (2003), Geczy and Meister (2007) and Howarth (2013); and to Asteroceratidae by Edmunds et al. (2016).

Species
E. denotatus, E. falloti, E. fowleri, E. glaber, E. tenellus, E. undaries
Species lacking formal opinion data
E. collenoti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Eparietites Spath p. 206
1998Eparietites Blau p. 204
2002Eparietites Sepkoski
2003Eparietites Meister and Friebe
2007Eparietites Geczy and Meister
2013Eparietites Howarth p. 25
2016Eparietites Edmunds et al. p. 158

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyAsteroceratidaeSpath 1946
genusEparietites

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. †Eparietites Spath 1924
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†Eparietites denotatus Simpson 1855
†Eparietites falloti Gerard 1931
†Eparietites fowleri Buckman 1844
†Eparietites glaber Guerin-Franiatte 1966
†Eparietites tenellus Simpson 1912
†Eparietites undaries Quenstedt 1884
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell diameter134.9

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Obtusum to the top of the Sinemurian or 196.50000 to 190.80000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) E. collenoti (204147)
Sinemurian - Early/Lower Pliensbachian199.3 - 183.0Austria E. sp., E. glaber, E. fowleri (218908)
Early/Lower Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6Austria E. glaber (218900)
Late/Upper Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (Yorkshire) E. sp. (219468)
Late/Upper Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6Hungary (Veszprém Megye) E. glaber (78278)
Late/Upper Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6Chile E. denotatus (210181 210182)
Late/Upper Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6Canada (British Columbia) E. sp. (53651)
Late/Upper Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6China (Guangdong) E. denotatus (59654 59655)
Obtusum196.5 - 189.6Hungary (Veszprém Megye) E. undaries (78209)
Obtusum196.5 - 189.6Austria E. glaber (189181)
Obtusum196.5 - 189.6China (Guangdong) E. sp. (8052)
Obtusum196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (Somerset) E. falloti (179702)
Obtusum - Raricostatum196.5 - 189.6Hungary (Veszprém Megye) E. sp. (78211)
Obtusum - Margaritatus196.5 - 183.0Austria E. denotatus (218909)