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Eogymnotoceras deleeni

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Taxonomy
Beyrichites deleeni was named by McLearn (1946). Its type specimen is GSC 6479 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 10694, Alaska Highway, which is in an Illyrian marine siliciclastic in the Toad Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Gymnotoceras deleeni by McLearn (1969) and Konstantinov (1991); it was recombined as Eogymnotoceras deleeni by Tozer (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Beyrichites deleeni McLearn p. 16 figs. Pl 1, fig 5; pl 2, fig 3
1969Gymnotoceras deleeni McLearn p. 24 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-7; pl 5, figs 5a,b; text-fig 9
1991Gymnotoceras deleeni Konstantinov p. 15 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-3; text-figs 8,9
1994Eogymnotoceras deleeni Tozer p. 117 figs. Pl 59, figs 10,11; pl 60, figs 10-12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCeratitoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyCeratitidaeMojsisovics 1879
subfamilyBeyrichitinae()
genusEogymnotoceras
speciesdeleeni(McLearn 1946)

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.

Eogymnotoceras deleeni McLearn 1946
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1722.915.355.020.610.5
shell diameter1743.031.599.039.416.0
shell inflation178.235.4011.08.401.46

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: Illyrian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bithynian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Canada (British Columbia) Gymnotoceras deleeni (137066)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Canada (British Columbia) Beyrichites deleeni (137065) Eogymnotoceras deleeni (138607 139033 141761) Gymnotoceras deleeni (43798 137093)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation Gymnotoceras deleeni (151175)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Canada (Alberta) Eogymnotoceras deleeni (105190 137143)