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Epistroboceras kathleenae

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Trigonoceratidae

Taxonomy
Epistroboceras kathleenae was named by Ramsbottom and Moore (1961). Its type specimen is BGS 87294, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality B9, stream southwest of Kiltyclogher, which is in a Brigantian marine shale in Ireland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Epistroboceras kathleenae Ramsbottom and Moore p. 637 figs. Pl 29, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderTainoceratinaShimansky 1964
superfamilyTrigonoceratoidea(Hyatt 1884)
familyTrigonoceratidae
genusEpistrobocerasTurner 1954
specieskathleenae

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.

Epistroboceras kathleenae Ramsbottom and Moore 1961
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Brigantian or 336.00000 to 326.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian336.0 - 326.4Ireland Epistroboceras kathleenae (type locality: 224288 224459 224462)