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Calyptraphorus ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Rostellariidae : Calyptraphorus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Rostellariidae : Calyptraphorus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Calyptraphorus Conrad, 1857 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Conrad, T. A. (1857). Descriptions of two new genera of shells. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 9: 165-166 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 83.6 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Stromboidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | grazer (based on Stromboidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Aulacodiscus lissoni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calyptraphorus aldrichi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calyptraphorus carrizensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calyptraphorus chelonitis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calyptraphorus ewekoroensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 61.6 Ma Paleocene | 61.6 Ma Paleocene | |
Calyptraphorus jacksoni ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 58.7 Ma Paleocene | |
Calyptraphorus lissoni ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 55.8 Ma Eocene | 55.8 Ma Eocene | |
Calyptraphorus popenoe species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calyptraphorus septentrionalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Calyptraphorus stamineus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 60 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 38.0 Ma Eocene | |
Calyptraphorus velata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Rimella ewekoroensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Rostellaria velata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 53 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 37.2 Ma Eocene |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Calyptrophorus Conrad, 1866 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Rostellariidae : Calyptrophorus |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1857 | Calyptraphorus Conrad |
1945 | Calyptraphorus Gardner p. 164 |
2002 | Calyptraphorus Sepkoski, Jr. |
2007 | Calyptraphorus Bandel p. 130 |
2008 | Calyptrophorus Pacaud p. 727 |
2014 | Calyptraphorus Kase and Aguilar p. 171 |
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!
Lake Nacogdoches spillway, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA