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Epitornoceras ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4624098	https://www.gbif.org/species/4624098
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	13705	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=13705

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Tornoceratidae : Epitornoceras

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Goniatitida : Tornoceratidae : Epitornoceras

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea
order	Goniatitida	Hyatt 1884
suborder	Tornoceratina	Wedekind 1918
superfamily	Tornocerataceae	Arthaber 1911
family	Tornoceratidae	Arthaber 1911
subfamily	Tornoceratinae	Arthaber 1911
genus	Epitornoceras	Frech 1902

Scientific Name

Epitornoceras Frech, 1902

Name Published In

Beitr. Pal. Osterr.-Ung., 14

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Epitornoceras	subgenus	belongs to Tornoceras	stated with evidence	Frech, 1902
Epitornoceras	genus	belongs to Goniatitida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Epitornoceras	genus	belongs to Tornoceratinae	stated with evidence	Korn and Klug, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

388 - 384 Ma
Middle Devonian

Last Recorded Appearance

372 - 359 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian

Motility

fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Ammonoidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Goniatitida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Epitornoceras mithracoides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Epitornoceras peracutum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	388 Ma Middle Devonian	372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1902	Epitornoceras Frech
1902	Tornoceras (Epitornoceras) Frech
2002	Epitornoceras Korn and Klug p. 158
2002	Epitornoceras Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Epitornoceras Korn
2013	Epitornoceras Bockwinkel et al. p. 57
2013	Epitornoceras Bockwinkel et al. p. 267
2015	Epitornoceras Bockwinkel et al. p. 148
2015	Epitornoceras Bockwinkel and Korn p. 358

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Korn D., Klug C. (2002) Ammoneae Devonicae, Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia 138, 1-375

Korn D. (2006) Paleozoic ammonoid classification

Bockwinkel J., Becker R. T., et al (2013) Late Givetian ammonoids from Hassi Nebech (Tafilalt Basin, Anti-Atlas, southern Morocco), Fossil Record 16, 5-65

Bockwinkel J., Korn D., et al (2013) Late Givetian ammonoids from Hagen-Herbeck, Donnerkuhle quarry (Devonian, Rhenish Mountains), Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 270, 257-274

Bockwinkel J., Becker R. T., et al (2015) Late Givetian ammonoids from Ait Ou Amar (northern Maider, Anti-Atlas, southeastern Morocco), Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 278, 123-158

Bockwinkel J., Korn D. (2015) Late Givetian ammonoids from Oberberge (Middle Devonian; Rhenish Mountains), Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 278, 351-363

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Beitr. Pal. Osterr.-Ung., 14 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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