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Eubostrychoceras ✝
| Description | Eubostrychoceras is a genus of helically wound, corkscew form, heteromorph ammonite which lived during the Upper Cretaceous (M Turonian - Campanian). The genus is included in the ancycleratid family Nostoceratidae. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eubostrychoceras, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Nostoceratidae : Eubostrychoceras | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Nostoceratidae : Eubostrychoceras | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Eubostrychoceras Matsumoto, 1967 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Mem. Fac. Sci. Kyushu Univ. (Ser. D, Geol.) 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 93.9 - 89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Ammonoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Ammonoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eubostrychoceras |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Eubostrychoceras (Eubostrychoceras) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Eubostrychoceras acuticostatum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Eubostrychoceras indopacificum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Eubostrychoceras matsumotoi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 13 | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Eubostrychoceras valdelaxum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Nostoceras (Eubostrychoceras) saxonicum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 16 | 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1967 | Eubostrychoceras Matsumoto |
| 1984 | Nostoceras (Eubostrychoceras) Kennedy p. 140 |
| 1987 | Eubostrychoceras Cobban p. A2 |
| 1991 | Nostoceras (Eubostrychoceras) Kennedy and Christensen p. 216 |
| 1995 | Eubostrychoceras Kennedy p. 428 |
| 2000 | Eubostrychoceras Kennedy et al. p. 6 |
| 2002 | Eubostrychoceras Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2007 | Eubostrychoceras Kennedy et al. p. 525 |
| 2014 | Nostoceras (Eubostrychoceras) Wilmsen and Nagm p. 231 |
| 2017 | Eubostrychoceras Aiba et al. p. 257 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
