Ephippioceras moinellae

Ephippioceras moinellae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
EphippiocerasPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Nautilida
Life habit
nektobenthicPBDB, for Nautilida
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Nautilida
Vision
well-developedPBDB, for Cephalopoda
Environment
marinePBDB, for Cephalopoda

Time the record covers

At most 7.1 million years on record.

Every occurrence read is dated to somewhere between 306 Mya and 298.9 Mya, and nothing in the dating separates them, so that window is what the record shows rather than a span.

Carboniferous — about 3 of 3 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 0 of 3 occurrences306–306 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences306–306 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences306–305 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences305–305 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences305–305 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences305–305 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences305–304 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences304–304 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences304–304 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences304–304 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences304–303 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences303–303 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences303–303 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences303–302 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences302–302 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences302–302 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences302–302 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences302–301 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences301–301 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences301–301 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences301–301 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences301–300 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences300–300 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences300–300 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences300–299 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences299–299 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences299–299 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences299–299 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences306.5 Mya298.4 Mya

3 occurrences of Ephippioceras moinellae on record, most of them in the Carboniferous. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

3 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

2 formations

Wolf Mountain — 33.22°N, 97.82°WMattoon — 39.18°N, 88.60°W

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The named rock units Ephippioceras moinellae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed.

Ephippioceras moinellae and its relatives

Carboniferous

Where Ephippioceras moinellae and its relatives were recorded in the Carboniferous.

Found in the same rock

76 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 3 sites for Ephippioceras moinellae, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

2 references

Each of the 3 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. Each entry links to the Paleobiology Database's own record for the work.

Media and terms

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Picture of Ephippioceras moinellae

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No 3D scan of Ephippioceras moinellae was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itEphippioceras through timeFormations of the CarboniferousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Tucker 1976