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Ephialtites jurassicus
Taxonomy
Ephialtites jurassicus was named by Meunier (1903). Its type specimen is MGB 517, an exoskeleton (complete body), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is La Pedrera de Rubies, Sierra del Montsech (Vidal collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone in the La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation of Spain. It is the type species of Ephialtites.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1903 | Ephialtites jurassicus Meunier p. 462 fig. 1,2 |
| 1906 | Ephialtites jurassicus Handlirsch p. 578 figs. Pl XLVI fig 25 |
| 1985 | Ephialtites jurassicus Whalley and Jarzembowski p. 406 fig. 25 |
| 1990 | Ephialtites jurassicus Martínez-Delclòs p. 110 figs. Pl 3, figs A,B |
| 2000 | Ephialtites jurassicus Rasnitsyn and Martínez-Delclòs p. 73 fig. 4 |
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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.
†Ephialtites jurassicus Meunier 1903
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available