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Eumorphoceras ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4623706	https://www.gbif.org/species/4623706
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	13708	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=13708

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Girtyoceratidae : Eumorphoceras

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Goniatitida : Girtyoceratidae : Eumorphoceras

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	Goniatitina	Hyatt 1884
superfamily	Girtyocerataceae	Wedekind 1918
family	Girtyoceratidae	Wedekind 1918
subfamily	Girtyoceratinae	Wedekind 1918
genus	Eumorphoceras	Girty 1909

Scientific Name

Eumorphoceras Girty, 1909

Name Published In

Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv., No. 377

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Eumorphoceras	genus	belongs to Goniatitida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Eumorphoceras	genus	belongs to Girtyoceratidae	stated with evidence	Korn, 2006
Eumorphoceras	genus	belongs to Girtyoceratinae	stated with evidence	Furnish et al., 2009

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

339 - 326 Ma
Carboniferous

Last Recorded Appearance

326 - 318 Ma
Carboniferous

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	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Eumorphoceras angustum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Eumorphoceras bisati ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Eumorphoceras bisulcatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	18	339 Ma Carboniferous	326 Ma Carboniferous
Eumorphoceras chungweiense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Eumorphoceras girtyi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	331 Ma Carboniferous	331 Ma Carboniferous
Eumorphoceras goddardensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Eumorphoceras hudsoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Eumorphoceras involutum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Eumorphoceras medusa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	326 Ma Carboniferous	326 Ma Carboniferous
Eumorphoceras milleri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	24	326 Ma Carboniferous	326 Ma Carboniferous
Eumorphoceras ornatissimum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	336 Ma Carboniferous	336 Ma Carboniferous
Eumorphoceras paucinodum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	326 Ma Carboniferous	326 Ma Carboniferous
Eumorphoceras pseudobilingue ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Eumorphoceras pseudocoronula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	336 Ma Carboniferous	326 Ma Carboniferous
Eumorphoceras richardsoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Eumorphoceras rostratum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Eumorphoceras rota ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Eumorphoceras stubblefieldi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Eumorphoceras tornquisti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	336 Ma Carboniferous	336 Ma Carboniferous
Eumorphoceras transuralense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	326 Ma Carboniferous	326 Ma Carboniferous
Eumorphoceras tumulosum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	326 Ma Carboniferous	326 Ma Carboniferous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1909	Eumorphoceras Girty
2002	Eumorphoceras Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Eumorphoceras Korn
2009	Eumorphoceras Furnish et al. p. 46

References

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

Korn D. (2006) Paleozoic ammonoid classification

Furnish W. M., Glenister B. F., et al (2009) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Revised: Mollusca 4, Volume 2: Carboniferous and Permian Ammonoidea (Goniatitida and Prolecanitida), 1-258

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

GBIF/Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv., No. 377 - 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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