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Ephippioceras moinellae

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Ephippioceratidae

Taxonomy
Ephippioceras moinellae was named by Tucker (1976). Its type specimen is PE 27914. Its type locality is Type localitity of Shumway Limestone Member, Matttoon Fm., Shumway Cyclothem, which is in a Virgilian carbonate lime mudstone/limestone in the Mattoon Formation of Illinois.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Ephippioceras moinellae Tucker p. 68

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyClydonautiloidea(Hyatt in Zittel 1900)
familyEphippioceratidae
genusEphippiocerasHyatt 1884
speciesmoinellae

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.

†Ephippioceras moinellae Tucker 1976
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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Missourian to the top of the Virgilian or 306.00000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) Ephippioceras moinellae (49986 49987)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Illinois) Ephippioceras moinellae (type locality: 50219)