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Euphemites lentiformis

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae

Taxonomy
Euphemus lentiformis was named by Weller (1916). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Bed No. 8, Fountain Creek, 2 miles southwest of Waterloo, which is in a Chesterian carbonate limestone in the Ste. Genevieve Formation of Illinois.

It was recombined as Euphemites lentiformis by Knight and Bridge (1944), Rollins (1975), Amler and Heidelberger (2003) and Wagner (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Euphemus lentiformis Weller p. 258 figs. pl. 19 f. 9-10
1944Euphemites lentiformis Knight and Bridge p. 445 figs. pl. 179 f. 27-28
1956Euphemites angustus Licharev and Netschajev figs. pl. 14 f. 7a-c
1975Euphemites lentiformis Rollins p. 7 figs. f. 2g-h
2003Euphemites lentiformis Amler and Heidelberger p. 1162
2023Euphemites lentiformis Wagner p. 3868

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

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 lentiformis Weller 1916
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Invalid names: Euphemites angustus Licharev and Netschajev 1956 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Kinderhookian to the top of the Chesterian or 358.90000 to 323.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Iowa) Euphemites lentiformis (49824)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Illinois) Euphemus lentiformis (type locality: 68188)