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Procerithium (Cosmocerithium) ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | subgenus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sorbeoconcha : Procerithiidae : Procerithium : Procerithium (Cosmocerithium) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 174 - 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 165 - 161 Ma Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Cerithioidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | grazer (based on Cerithioidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Szabo. 1983. Lower and Middle Jurassic Gastropods from the Bakony Mountains (Hungary) Part V. Supplement to Archaeogastropoda; Caenogastropoda. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 75:27-46 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Procerithium (Cosmocerithium) angulocostatum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Procerithium (Cosmocerithium) bouchardi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Procerithium (Cosmocerithium) dorvali ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1906 | Cosmocerithium Cossmann |
1906 | Procerithium (Cosmocerithium) Cossmann |
1992 | Procerithium (Cosmocerithium) Gerasimov |
2002 | Cosmocerithium Sepkoski, Jr. |
2004 | Cosmocerithium Kaim p. 56 |
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!