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Tympanotonus (Tympanotonus)
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Rank | subgenus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sorbeoconcha : Cerithiidae : Cerithium : Tympanotonus (Tympanotonus) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Cerithium) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | herbivore (based on Cerithium) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | dispersal=planktonic (based on Cerithium) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | intermediate,major ribbing (based on Cerithium) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. T. Dockery. 1993. The Streptoneuran gastropods, exclusive of the Stenoglossa, of the coffee sand (Campanian) of Northeastern Mississippi. Bulletin (Mississippi Office of Geology) 129:1-191 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Tympanotonus (Tympanotonus) binodosus species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1817 | Tympanotonus (Tympanotonus) Schumacher |
1993 | Tympanotonus (Tympanotonus) Dockery |
2003 | Tympanotonus (Tympanotonus) Mandic and Steininger p. 272 |
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!