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Episculites browni

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Episculitidae

Taxonomy
Isculites browni was named by McLearn (1939). Its type specimen is GSC 9409 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Near Black Bear Ridge (GSC 9741), which is in an Alaunian marine horizon in the Pardonet Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Episculites browni by Tozer (1994).

Synonyms
  • Isculites ornatus was named by McLearn (1947). Its type specimen is GSC 9492 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Near Black Bear Ridge (GSC 9741), which is in an Alaunian marine horizon in the Pardonet Formation of Canada.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Episculites browni by Tozer (1994).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Isculites browni McLearn p. 52 figs. Pl 1, fig 3
1947Isculites ornatus McLearn p. 1 figs. Pl 5, figs 5,6
1994Episculites browni Tozer p. 253 figs. Pl 132, figs 11,12; text-fig 107a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTropitaceae(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyEpisculitidae()
genusEpisculites
speciesbrowni(McLearn 1939)

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Episculites browni McLearn 1939
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Invalid names: Isculites ornatus McLearn 1947 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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