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Agaronia
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Olivellidae : Agaronia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 5 (26%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 66.0 - 61.7 Ma Paleocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Neogastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Neogastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. K. Dey. 1961. The Miocene Mollusca from Quilon, Kerala (India). Palaeontologica Indica 36 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Agaronia alabamensis species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 34 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 41.3 Ma Eocene | |
Agaronia antisana species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
Agaronia bombylis species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 15 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 41.3 Ma Eocene | |
Agaronia cotapaxi species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Agaronia harrisi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 37.2 Ma Eocene | 37.2 Ma Eocene | |
Agaronia hiatula species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Agaronia media species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 22 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 38.0 Ma Eocene | |
Agaronia nebula species | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Agaronia pupa ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 14 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
Agaronia saxosa ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 41.3 Ma Eocene | 37.2 Ma Eocene | |
Agaronia testacea species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 17 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Agaronia vicana ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Olivancillaria (Agaronia) hiatula species | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Olivancillaria (Agaronia) peruviana ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 41.3 Ma Eocene | 23.0 Ma Miocene |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1839 | Olivancillaria (Agaronia) Gray |
1922 | Olivancillaria (Agaronia) Woods p. 106 |
1931 | Agaronia Olsson p. 116 |
1938 | Agaronia Wenz p. 1279 |
1939 | Olivancillaria (Agaronia) Mukerjee p. 69 |
1961 | Olivancillaria (Agaronia) Dey |
1964 | Agaronia Woodring p. 281 |
2001 | Agaronia Todd |
2002 | Agaronia Sepkoski, Jr. |
2009 | Agaronia Harzhauser et al. p. 354 |
References
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!