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Ezilloella ezilloensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Vascoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ezilloella ezilloensis was named by Reyment (1954) [DISTRIBUTION: Turonian; Western Africa.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aboine River, Ezillo, Ogoja Province, which is in a Turonian marine shale in the Eze-Aku Shales Formation of Nigeria. It is the type species of Ezilloella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Ezilloella ezilloensis Reyment p. 264 figs. pl. 3, fig. 4
1955Ezilloella ezilloensis Reyment p. 65 figs. Pl 11, figs 3a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyVascoceratidaeDouvillé 1912
genusEzilloella
speciesezilloensis

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.

†Ezilloella ezilloensis Reyment 1954
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Nigeria Ezilloella ezilloensis (type locality: 82782)