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Euphemites randolphensis

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae

Taxonomy
Euphemus randolphensis was named by Weller (1920). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 13. North of Cave Creek, 3½ miles southeast of Vienna, which is in a Chesterian carbonate limestone in the Golconda Formation of Illinois.

It was recombined as Euphemites randolphensis by Thein and Nitecki (1974).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Euphemus randolphensis Weller
1974Euphemites randolphensis Thein and Nitecki pp. 38 - 40 figs. f. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyEuphemitidae
subfamilyEuphemitinae
genusEuphemites
speciesrandolphensis()

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Euphemites randolphensis Weller 1920
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Diagnosis
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