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Miomelon
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Volutidae : Miomelon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 5 (42%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 37.2 - 28.4 Ma Paleogene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Volutidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Volutidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Miomelon alarconi species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Miomelon dorbignyana ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Miomelon eltanini species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Miomelon gracilis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 11 | 37.2 Ma Eocene | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Miomelon lautaroi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Miomelon pelantaroi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Miomelon philippiana species | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Miomelon turnerae species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Proscaphella cossmanni ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
| Proscaphella quemadensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Proscaphella santacrucensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1907 | Adelomelon (Miomelon) Dall p. 365 |
| 1907 | Proscaphella Ihering |
| 1943 | Miomelon Wenz p. 1359 |
| 1989 | Miomelon Darragh p. 237 |
| 1989 | Proscaphella Darragh p. 237 |
| 1995 | Proscaphella Chiesa et al. p. 57 |
| 1999 | Proscaphella Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 51 |
| 2002 | Miomelon Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2007 | Miomelon Nielsen and Frassinetti p. 93 |
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!
