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Eoamaltheus arayaensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Eoderoceratidae

Taxonomy
Eoamaltheus arayaensis was named by Hillebrandt (2006). Its type specimen is TUB 841206/11/1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Puesto Araya (sample 841206/11), which is in a Davoei carbonate limestone in Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Eoamaltheus arayaensis Hillebrandt p. 163 figs. Pl 38, fig 15; pl 39, figs 1-11; text-figs 27a-e

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyEoderoceratidaeSpath 1929
subfamilyFanninoceratinaeDommergues and Meister 1999
genusEoamaltheusHillebrandt 1981
speciesarayaensis

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.

Eoamaltheus arayaensis Hillebrandt 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height108.393.0014.310.23.96
shell diameter1022.58.5040.027.110.6
shell inflation108.033.1014.89.853.92

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: Davoei or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Davoei192.9 - 184.2Argentina Eoamaltheus arayaensis (type locality: 181979 181980 181981 181982 181983)