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Sellanarcestes eos

Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Anarcestidae

Taxonomy
Sellanarcestes eos was named by Klug (2002). Its type specimen is GPIT 1871-173, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Emsian at Ouidane Chebbi, N. Tafilalt, which is in an Emsian marine limestone/marl in Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Sellanarcestes eos Klug p. 47 figs. Pl 6, figs 3-5; text-figs 33A, 34H,I, 35, 36
2002Sellanarcestes eos Korn and Klug p. 126

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderAnarcestinaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyAnarcestaceaeSteinmann 1890
familyAnarcestidaeSteinmann 1890
genusSellanarcestesSchindewolf 1933
specieseos

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.

Sellanarcestes eos Klug 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height412.09.4014.112.62.02
shell diameter432.324.438.634.16.30
shell inflation411.78.8013.912.42.22

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:38:07
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:38:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Emsian or 402.50000 to 391.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Morocco Sellanarcestes eos (type locality: 38787 157653 157654)