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Retusa (Cylichnina)
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Rank | subgenus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cephalaspidea : Retusidae : Retusa : Retusa (Cylichnina) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (13%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 101 - 94 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Retusidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Retusidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. C. Martin. 1904. Gastropoda. Maryland Geological Survey Miocene(Text):131-269 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Cylichnina coelata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
Cylichnina turneri ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 38.0 Ma Eocene | |
Retusa (Cylichnina) aequiattenuata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 41.3 Ma Eocene | 41.3 Ma Eocene | |
Retusa (Cylichnina) conutus species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Retusa (Cylichnina) galba ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 16 | 61.6 Ma Paleocene | 37.2 Ma Eocene | |
Retusa (Cylichnina) marylandica species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 11.6 Ma Miocene | |
Retusa (Cylichnina) subspissa species | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1884 | Cylichnina Monterasato |
1904 | Retusa (Cylichnina) Martin p. 135 |
1938 | Cylichnina Turner p. 67 |
1944 | Cylichnina Durham p. 190 |
1962 | Retusa (Cylichnina) Glibert p. 57 |
1966 | Retusa (Cylichnina) Palmer and Brann p. 878 |
1984 | Cylichnina Squires p. 39 |
1987 | Cylichnina Squires p. 53 |
Year | Name and Author |
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1988 | Cylichnina Squires p. 17 |
1992 | Cylichnina Squires and Demetrion p. 34 |
1999 | Cylichnina Squires p. 22 |
2001 | Cylichnina Todd |
2002 | Cylichnina Harzhauser and Kowalke p. 74 |
2002 | Cylichnina Sepkoski, Jr. |
2003 | Retusa (Cylichnina) Mandic and Steininger p. 274 |
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!