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Epivirgatites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Epivirgatites was named by Spath (1924) [Sepkoski's age data: J Tith-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dorsoplanitinae by Mesezhnikov (1984) and Muravin (2013).

Species
E. (Biplicioceras)
Species lacking formal opinion data
E. nikitini

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Epivirgatites Spath
1984Epivirgatites Mesezhnikov p. 146
2002Epivirgatites Sepkoski
2013Epivirgatites Muravin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPerisphinctidaeSteinmann 1890
subfamilyDorsoplanitinaeArkell 1950
genusEpivirgatitesSpath 1924

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. †Epivirgatites Spath 1924
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 157.30000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Russian Federation E. variabilis, E. lahuseni, E. bipliciformis (190570)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Russian Federation E. nikitini, E. bipliciformis (59186)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Russian Federation E. bipliciformis (190833 190843 190876) E. lahuseni (190733 190834) E. lahuseni, E. bipliciformis (190684) E. nikitini (190685) E. sp. (190835 190877) E. sp., E. lahuseni, E. variabilis, E. bipliciformis (190575)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Russian Federation E. bipliciformis (190562)
Middle Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Russian Federation (Komi Republits) E. sp. (164328)