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Eubostrychoceras valdelaxum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae

Taxonomy
Eubostrychoceras valdelaxum was named by Aiba et al. (2017). Its type specimen is MCM-A1783, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chimeizawa Creek, Haboro area, which is in a Campanian marine mudstone in the Nagareya Formation of Japan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. elongatum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Eubostrychoceras valdelaxum Aiba et al. p. 257 figs. 3-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyNostoceratidaeHyatt 1894
genusEubostrychocerasMatsumoto 1967
speciesvaldelaxum

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.

†Eubostrychoceras valdelaxum Aiba et al. 2017
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Japan Eubostrychoceras valdelaxum (type locality: 186849 186850)