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Catalog ID: CG-0007

Euphemites sp.

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Bellerophontida
Family: Euphemitidae
Genus: Euphemites
Species:

Geology

Period: Carboniferous
Group: Conemaugh
Formation: Glenshaw
Stratum: Brush Creek limestone

Taxonomic Authorities

  • Class Gastropoda Cuvier, 1795
  • Order Bellerophontida Ulrich & Scofield, 1897
  • Family Euphemitidae Knight, 1956
  • Genus Euphemites Warthin, 1930

References

  • Knight, J.B., 1956, New families of Gastropoda. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 46(2), p. 41–42
  • Ulrich, E. O., and Scofield, W. H., 1897. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. The Paleontology of Minnesota 39(2):813-1081
  • Warthin, A. S., Jr. 1930. Micropaleontology of the Wetumka, Wewoka, and Holdenville formations. Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin 53:1-94