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Euphemites batteni

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae

Taxonomy
Euphemites batteni was named by Yochelson (1960). Its type specimen is AMNH 28184 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is AMNH512, Guadalupe Pass, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Roadian slope limestone in the Cherry Canyon Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Euphemites batteni Yochelson p. 249 figs. Pl 46, figs 10-17
2015Euphemites batteni Mazaev p. 882 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-7
2019Euphemites batteni Mazaev p. 1259 fig. 19

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

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 batteni Yochelson 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height613.710.618.013.43.30

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: Wagner 2023, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Roadian or 303.70000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Euphemites batteni (64273)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Euphemites batteni (204134)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Russian Federation (Tatarstan) Euphemites batteni (174705)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Russian Federation (Kirov) Euphemites batteni (126335)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Euphemites batteni (43551 43553 43563 type locality: 81693 101767)