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Ermoceras (Telermoceras) splendens

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Stephanoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ermoceras (Telermoceras) splendens was named by Arkell (1952). Its type specimen is SM F10752, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 2, Juraifa area (Aramco S-1618), which is in a Bajocian carbonate limestone in the Dhruma Formation of Saudi Arabia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Ermoceras (Telermoceras) splendens Arkell p. 274 figs. Pl 23, figs 1,2,8; pl 30, fig 6; text-fig 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familyStephanoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
genusErmoceras
subgenusTelermoceras
speciessplendens

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.

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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: Bajocian or 170.30000 to 168.30000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Saudi Arabia Ermoceras splendens (type locality: 184524 184556)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Egypt Ermoceras splendens (184588)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Saudi Arabia Ermoceras splendens (48039 48105 48106 48112 48136)