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Euphemites compressus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4962775https://www.gbif.org/species/4962775
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)73672https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=73672
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euphemitidae : Euphemites : Euphemites compressus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Euphemitidae : Euphemites : Euphemites compressus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontinaUlrich and Scofield 1897
superfamilyBellerophontoidea
familyEuphemitidaeKnight 1956
genusEuphemitesWarthin 1930
speciesEuphemites compressusElias 1958
Generic NameEuphemites
Scientific NameEuphemites compressus Elias, 1958
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Euphemites compressusspeciesbelongs to Euphemitesstated without evidenceElias, 1958
Euphemites compressusspeciesbelongs to Euphemitesstated with evidenceWagner, 2017
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance331 - 323 Ma
Carboniferous
Last Recorded Appearance331 - 323 Ma
Carboniferous
Motilityactively mobile (based on Euphemites)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Euphemites)
Taphonomyaragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Bellerophontida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. K. Elias. 1958. Late Mississippian fauna of the Redoak Hollow Formation of southern Oklahoma. Part IV. Gastropoda, scaphopoda, cephalopoda, thoracica, and problematica. Journal of Paleontology 32(1):1-57

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1958Euphemites compressus Elias
1974Euphemites compressus Thein and Nitecki p. 35
2017Euphemites compressus Wagner p. 5553

References

Elias M. K. (1958) Late Mississippian fauna of the Redoak Hollow Formation of southern Oklahoma. Part IV. Gastropoda, scaphopoda, cephalopoda, thoracica, and problematica, Journal of Paleontology 32 1, 1-57
Thein M.L., Nitecki M.H. (1974) Chesterian (Upper Mississippian) Gastropoda of the Illinois basin, Fieldiana: Geology, New Series 34, 1-238
Wagner P. J. (2017) Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database
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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