TABLE 1. Type material of all species of the genus Eodromites (* type material of Eodromites dobrogea was studied on pictures in Feldmann et al., 2006, figure 3.10; Schweitzer et al., 2007, figure 4.3; Schweitzer and Feldmann, 2010, figure 5.4-6).
| Species |
Age, locality |
Type material |
Examined material |
| E. aequilatus (von Meyer, 1857) |
Oxfordian-Lower Kimmeridgian of Germany and Poland |
holotype lost in the World War II, neotype - SMNS 67336/1 |
Material from ISEA PAN, IGPUW, SMNS |
| E. depressus (von Meyer, 1860) |
Upper Jurassic of eastern Swabia (Germany) |
lost |
- |
| E. dobrogea (Feldmann et al., 2006) |
Middle Oxfordian-Tithonian of Romania, Czech Republic and Austria |
holotype - LPBIIIart-040 |
- * |
| E. grandis (von Meyer, 1857) |
Upper Jurassic of Germany, Poland, Czech Republic and Romania |
holotype -BSP1881IX678 |
Material from ISEA PAN, IGPUW, SMNS |
| E. nitidus (Milne Edwards, 1865) |
Lower Cretaceous of France |
lost in the World War II |
- |
| E. polyphemi (Gemmellaro, 1869) |
Tithonian of Sicily |
lost |
- |
| E. rostratus (von Meyer, 1840) |
Upper Jurassic of Germany and France |
lost |
- |
| E. rotundus n. sp. |
Oxfordian of Poland |
holotype - I-F/MP/6271/1599/12 |
Material from ISEA PAN |
| E. hyznyi n. sp . |
Oxfordian of Poland |
holotype - I-F/MP/4973/1543/09 |
Material from ISEA PAN |
| E. guenteri n. sp. |
Upper Kimmeridgian of Germany |
holotype - SMNS61668/4 |
Material from SMNS |
TABLE 2. Stratigrafic age of the studied localities in the Polish Upland (based upon references cited in Starzyk et al., 2012 and Starzyk, 2013).
TABLE 3. Key to species: E. depressus, E. nitidus, E. polyphemi and E. rostratus are included only tentatively, based only on original drawings, as the material had been lost.
| |
Characters |
Species |
| 1a. |
Carapace longer than wide |
2 |
| 1b. |
Carapace as long as wide |
7 |
| 2a. |
Augenrest longer than wide |
3 |
| 2b. |
Augenrest wider than long, with rounded, posterior angle, assymetrical along the horizontal axis [carapace much longer than wide; lateral borders between outer orbital spine and cervical groove covered with tubercles; behind cervical groove borders smooth, parallel; rostrum short, narrow, with truncated edge; projection of orbital margin intercepts longitudinal axis at angle c. 75o; spines on the upper orbital margin present; hepatic tubercles present; groups of hepatic pits present; three pairs of pits (I-III, compare Figure 2.1) present] |
E. aequilatus |
| 3a. |
Rostrum incised in the middle |
4 |
| 3b. |
Rostrum without incision |
5 |
| 4a. |
Pairs of pits: I-III present [pair of groups of hepatic pits present; lateral borders smoth; hepatic tubercles weakly visible; augenrest 1.75x longer than wide, symmetric along horizontal axis; projection of orbital margin intercepts longitudinal axis at angle c. 60o (Figure 2.3)] |
E. guenteri n. sp. |
| 4b. |
Pairs of pits I-III absent [only the tip of the mesogastric region is distinct; posterior margin of carapace not incised, and not surrounded by with a furrow] |
E. rostratus |
| 5a. |
Species relatively small (about 4 mm max. carapace width) |
6 |
| 5b. |
Species relatively large (about 17 mm max. carapace width) [rostrum short; hepatic tubercles faint; groups of hepatic pits present; lateral margis of carapace covered with small serrations; augenrest 1.4-1.5x longer than wide, symmetric along the horizontal axis; projection of orbital margin intercepts longitudinal axis at about 55 degree angle; pairs of pits: I-III absent (Figure 2)] |
E. grandis |
| 6a. |
Rostrum long, broad; lateral borders of the carapace are smooth; carapace narrowing posteriorly; hepatic tubercles small; groups of hepatic pits faint; augenrest barely longer than wide (1.1x), subtriangular, asymmetric along the horizontal axis, with an elevated posterior angle; projection of orbital margin intercepts longitudinal axis at about 50 degree angle; pairs of pits I-III absent (Figure 2) |
E. rotundus n. sp. |
| 6b. |
Rostrum long, strongly narrowing anteriorly; lateral borders of the carapace are smooth; carapace only slightly narrowing posteriorly; hepatic tubercles absent; groups of hepatic pits are faint; augenrest 1.2x longer than wide, subtriangular, asymmetric along the horizontal axis; projection of orbital margin intercepts longitudinal axis at about 50 degree angle; I pair of pits present (Figure 2) |
E. hyznyi n. sp. |
| 7a. |
Carapace strongly narrowing posteriorly |
8 |
| 7b. |
Carapace only slightly narrowing posteriorly |
9 |
| 8a. |
Species relatively large (c. 24 mm max. carapace width); augenrest long, projection of orbital margin intercepts longitudinal axis at about 50 degree angle; groups of hepatic pits present; cervical and branchio-cardiac grooves are deep; branchio-cardiac groove reaches the posterior border of the carapace; pairs of pits I-III absent |
E. dobrogea |
| 8b. |
posterior part of the carapace behind the branchio-cardiac groove is very short and narrow; cardiac region reaching posterior margin of the carapace |
E. depressus |
| 9a. |
Augenrest perpendicular to longitudinal axis of the carapace; cervical and branchio-cardiac grooves are equally deep |
E. polyphemi |
| 9b. |
Cervical groove is deep, branchio-cardiac groove is shallow |
E. nitidus |
