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Epistrenoceras contrarium

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Parkinsoniidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites contrarius was named by d'Orbigny (1846). It is the type species of Epistrenoceras.

It was recombined as Epistrenoceras contrarium by Enay et al. (1994) and Dietze and Hostettler (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Ammonites contrarius d'Orbigny
1994Epistrenoceras contrarium Enay et al. p. 135
2016Epistrenoceras contrarium Dietze and Hostettler figs. 7.4-7.7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyParkinsoniidaeBuckman 1920
genusEpistrenoceras
speciescontrarium()

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.

Epistrenoceras contrarium d'Orbigny 1846
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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: Late/Upper Bathonian or 167.70000 to 164.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Switzerland Epistrenoceras contrarium (193322)