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Euphemites exquisitus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae

Taxonomy
Euphemites exquisitus was named by Yochelson (1960). Its type specimen is USNM 119922 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is PU3, Apache Canyon, Sierra Diablo, which is in a Kungurian shallow subtidal limestone in the Bone Spring Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Euphemites exquisitus Yochelson p. 248 figs. Pl 46, figs 4-9

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

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.

Euphemites exquisitus Yochelson 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height619.614.128.620.25.10

Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-08-16 10:23:56
Modified: 2009-09-20 23:27:44
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Roadian or 290.10000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Euphemites exquisitus (121335)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Euphemites exquisitus (43491 43517 75883 type locality: 75884 81592 81949 108374 121482)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Venezuela (Merida) Euphemites exquisitus (41515)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Euphemites exquisitus (81640)