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Eogaudryceras ✝
Description | Eotetragonites is an extinct genus of ammonite. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eogaudryceras, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Gaudryceratidae : Eogaudryceras | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Gaudryceratidae : Eogaudryceras | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Eogaudryceras Spath, 1927 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Pal. Indica, (N. S.) 9, Mem. 2 (Jurass. Ceph. Kachh) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 99.6 - 93.5 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/Eogaudryceras |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Eogaudryceras (Eogaudryceras) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Eogaudryceras (Eotetragonites) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 8 | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Eogaudryceras hertleini species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Eogaudryceras inaequale ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Eogaudryceras numidum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Eogaudryceras raspaili species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Eogaudryceras shimizui species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Eogaudryceras umbilicostriatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Eogaudryceras vocontianum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1927 | Eogaudryceras Spath |
1970 | Eogaudryceras Nagy p. 31 |
1979 | Eogaudryceras Kennedy and Klinger p. 123 |
1996 | Eogaudryceras Wright et al. p. 3 |
1997 | Eogaudryceras Geyer et al. p. 223 |
2002 | Eogaudryceras Sepkoski, Jr. |
2010 | Eogaudryceras Hoffmann p. 56 |
2018 | Eogaudryceras El Qot p. 150 |
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!