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Episculites wrighti

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Episculitidae

Taxonomy
Episculites wrighti was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 32120 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 74776, Mount Wright, which is in an Alaunian marine siliciclastic in the Pardonet Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Episculites wrighti Tozer p. 255 figs. Pl 136, figs 2a,b; pl 141, figs 4a,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
specieswrighti

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.

Episculites wrighti Tozer 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height111.9
shell diameter133.0
shell inflation110.9

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: Alaunian or 215.56000 to 212.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Canada (British Columbia) Episculites wrighti (137691 type locality: 139116)