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Euphemites
Taxonomy
Euphemites was named by Warthin (1930) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fras Tr Indu-l Sepkoski's reference number: 362,797]. Its type is Bellerophon urii. It is the type genus of Euphemitidae.
It was assigned to Bellerophontidae by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); to Bellerophontida by Sepkoski (2002); to Euphemitidae by Horný (1963), Mazaev (2015) and Nützel and Ketwetsuriya (2016); and to Euphemitinae by Knight (1956), Knight et al. (1960), Bouchet et al. (2005) and Ketwetsuriya et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Bellerophontidae by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); to Bellerophontida by Sepkoski (2002); to Euphemitidae by Horný (1963), Mazaev (2015) and Nützel and Ketwetsuriya (2016); and to Euphemitinae by Knight (1956), Knight et al. (1960), Bouchet et al. (2005) and Ketwetsuriya et al. (2020).
Species
E. aequisulcatus, E. apertus, E. barumensis, E. batteni, E. blaneyanus, E. callosus, E. carbonarius, E. chesterensis, E. chubutensis, E. circumcostatus, E. compressus, E. crenulatus, E. devoniana, E. dorbignii, E. enodis, E. exquisitus, E. filosus, E. fremontensis, E. galericulatus, E. globosus, E. graffhami, E. hermosus, E. hindi, E. imperator, E. incarinatus, E. indicus, E. inspeciosus, E. invitabilis, E. jacksoni, E. kingi, E. konincki, E. labrosa, E. laevis, E. latapertus, E. latirimalus, E. lenticularis, E. lentiformis (syn. E. angustus), E. luxuriosus, E. minutus, E. minutus, E. multiliratus, E. nautiloides, E. nevadensis, E. nodocarinatus, E. obsoleta, E. orbignyanus, E. pustula, E. randolphensis, E. rariliratus, E. regulatus, E. richardsoni, E. romanovskyi, E. sacajawensis, E. sparciliratus, E. stamineus, E. subglobosus, E. tongxinensis, E. urei, E. vittatus, E. whirligigi, E. wongi, E. wynnensis, Euphemus baroghilensis
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1844 | Euphemus M'Coy |
| 1897 | Euphemites Ulrich and Scofield |
| 1904 | Bellerophon (Euphemus) Reed p. 241 |
| 1930 | Euphemites Warthin p. 44 |
| 1956 | Euphemites Knight p. 42 |
| 1960 | Euphemites Knight et al. p. 178 |
| 1963 | Euphemites Horný |
| 2002 | Euphemites Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Euphemites Bouchet et al. pp. 74, 241 |
| 2015 | Euphemites Mazaev p. 882 |
| 2016 | Euphemites Nützel and Ketwetsuriya p. 484 |
| 2020 | Euphemites Ketwetsuriya et al. p. 55 |
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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.
G. †Euphemites Warthin 1930
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†Euphemites aequisulcatus Chronic 1952
†Euphemites apertus Waagen 1880
†Euphemites barumensis Whidborne 1896
†Euphemites batteni Yochelson 1960
†Euphemites blaneyanus McChesney 1859
†Euphemites callosus Weller 1930
†Euphemites carbonarius Cox 1857
†Euphemites chesterensis Jeffery et al. 1994
†Euphemites chubutensis Sabattini 1992
†Euphemites circumcostatus Walter 1953
†Euphemites compressus Elias 1958
†Euphemites crenulatus Yochelson 1960
†Euphemites devoniana Radabaugh 1942
†Euphemites dorbignii Portlock 1843
†Euphemites enodis Sturgeon 1964
†Euphemites exquisitus Yochelson 1960
†Euphemites filosus de Koninck 1883
†Euphemites fremontensis Kulas and Batten 1997
†Euphemites galericulatus Winchell 1862
†Euphemites globosus Xi 1980
†Euphemites graffhami Moore 1941
†Euphemites hermosus Kues and Batten 2001
†Euphemites hindi Weir 1931
†Euphemites imperator Yochelson 1960
†Euphemites incarinatus Easton 1943
†Euphemites indicus Waagen 1880
†Euphemites inspeciosus White 1881
†Euphemites invitabilis de Koninck 1883
†Euphemites jacksoni Weir 1931
†Euphemites kingi Yochelson 1960
†Euphemites konincki Weir 1931
†Euphemites labrosa Campbell and Engel 1963
†Euphemites laevis Waagen 1880
†Euphemites latapertus Wang 1980
†Euphemites latirimalus Wang 1980
†Euphemites lenticularis Waagen 1880
†Euphemites lentiformis Weller 1916
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Invalid names: Euphemites angustus Licharev and Netschajev 1956 [synonym]
†Euphemites luxuriosus Yochelson 1960
†Euphemites minutus Maxwell 1961
†Euphemites minutus Xi 1980
†Euphemites multiliratus Sturgeon 1964
†Euphemites nautiloides Winchell 1862
†Euphemites nevadensis Gordon and Yochelson 1983
†Euphemites nodocarinatus Hall 1858
†Euphemites obsoleta Hall 1879
†Euphemites orbignyanus Portlock 1843
†Euphemites pustula Yoo 1994
†Euphemites randolphensis Weller 1920
†Euphemites rariliratus Wang 1980
†Euphemites regulatus Moore 1941
†Euphemites richardsoni Schindel and Yochelson 1979
†Euphemites romanovskyi Licharev and Netschajev 1956
†Euphemites sacajawensis Branson 1937
†Euphemites sparciliratus Yochelson 1960
†Euphemites stamineus Conrad 1842
†Euphemites subglobosus Hyde 1953
†Euphemites tongxinensis Guo 1983
†Euphemites urei Fleming 1828
†Euphemites vittatus McChesney 1859
†Euphemites whirligigi Jeffery et al. 1994
†Euphemites wongi Yin 1932
†Euphemites wynnensis Dickins 1963
†Euphemus urei ardenensis Weir 1931
Invalid names: Euphemus M'Coy 1844 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 90 | 9.75 | 0.720 | 39.0 | 9.50 | 7.21 |
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Age range: base of the Eifelian to the top of the Changhsingian or 393.30000 to 252.17000 Ma
Collections (439 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Eifelian | USA (Michigan) | Warthia devoniana (128950) | |
| Famennian | United Kingdom (England) | E. barumensis (38142 38143) | |
| Hastarian | Belgium (Wallonia) | Euphemus filosus (147213) | |
| Hastarian | Australia (New South Wales) | E. labrosa (75621) | |
| Kinderhookian | USA (Iowa) | E. urei (49823 49825 49826) E. urei, E. lentiformis (49824) | |
| Tournaisian | Morocco | E. sp. (66287) | |
| Tournaisian | Australia (New South Wales) | E. labrosa (43949 44088 44158 44160 44161) E. labrosa, E. pustula (43904) | |
| Tournaisian | USA (Iowa) | Euphemus sp. (3309) | |
| Mississippian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | E. sp. (575) | |
| Mississippian | USA (California) | Bellerophon galericulatus (214521) | |
Youngest occurrences |
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number |
| Wuchiapingian | USA (Wyoming) | E. crenulatus (11227) E. fremontensis (61937) E. fremontensis, E. luxuriosus (61936) E. sp. (11228) | |
| Wuchiapingian | China (Guizhou) | E. globosus (119943) E. indicus (95757) E. latapertus (111997) E. latirimalus (111994 111995) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Pakistan | Euphemus apertus (125910) Euphemus indicus (90253 119623 119694 125912 125920 125926 126260 126267 126699 126939 126940 126995) Euphemus indicus, Euphemus apertus (126004 126737 126738 126941) Euphemus indicus, Euphemus laevis, Euphemus apertus (125928) Euphemus laevis (126692) Euphemus sp. (126936) Euphemus sp., Euphemus indicus (126938) | |
| Wuchiapingian | China (Xizang) | E. sp. 1, E. sp. 2 (116129) | |
| Lopingian | USA (Montana) | E. crenulatus (11275) | |
| Lopingian | USA (Wyoming) | E. sp. (11223) | |
| Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | Pakistan | Euphemus apertus (126746) Euphemus carbonarius, Euphemus apertus (126741) Euphemus indicus (126743 126747 126749 126751 126752 126758 126759 126762 126985) Euphemus indicus, Euphemus apertus (126700 126704 126705 126708 126709 126745) Euphemus indicus, Euphemus laevis (126990) Euphemus indicus, Euphemus laevis, Euphemus apertus (127014) Euphemus sp. (126706 126754) Euphemus sp., Euphemus indicus (126750 127017) | |
| Changhsingian | USA (Texas) | E. circumcostatus (50001 50003 50006 50009 50012 50017 50018) E. sp. A, E. circumcostatus (50021) | |
| Changhsingian | Pakistan | E. indicus (110953) Euphemus apertus (119554) Euphemus indicus (83145 89064 90251 90259 119608 119637 119659 119689 119693 126883 126889 126933 126988) Euphemus indicus, Euphemus apertus (126882 126887 126896 126981) Euphemus indicus, Euphemus apertus, Euphemus baroghilensis (126898) Euphemus indicus, Euphemus laevis (119657 119677 126897) Euphemus indicus, Euphemus laevis, Euphemus apertus (126934) Euphemus laevis (89061) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Guizhou) | E. globosus (51425 112013 112015 112016 112017 112085 112094) E. indicus (112012) E. minutus (112009 112096) E. rariliratus (112129) | |