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Hypseloconus ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Tergomya : Hypseloconida : Hypseloconus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 513 - 499 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 466 - 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Hypseloconida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Tergomya) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | grazer (based on Hypseloconida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | C.P. Berkey. 1898. Geology of the St. Croix Dalles, part 3. Paleontology. American Geologist 21:270-294 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Hypseloconus bessemerense ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Hypseloconus bonneterrense ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Hypseloconus compressus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Hypseloconus cornutiformis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Hypseloconus elongatus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Hypseloconus ozarkensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Hypseloconus recurvus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Hypseloconus simplex ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1898 | Hypseloconus Berkey |
| 1960 | Hypseloconus Knight and Yochelson p. 82 |
| 1963 | Hypseloconus Horný p. 33 |
| 1976 | Hypseloconus Runnegar and Jell p. 118 |
| 1986 | Hypseloconus Stinchcomb p. 616 |
| 1991 | Hypseloconus Peel p. 29 |
| 2002 | Hypseloconus Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!
