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Pseudoceratodes ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Architaenioglossa : Ampullariidae : Pseudoceratodes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Pseudoceratodes Wenz, 1928 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Senckenbergiana, 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 56.0 - 47.8 Ma Eocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 56.0 - 47.8 Ma Eocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | freshwater (based on Ampullariidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Ampullariidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | grazer (based on Ampullariidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | F. E. Eames. 1952. A contribution to the study of the Eocene in Western Pakistan and Western India: C. The description of the Scaphopoda and Gastropoda from standard sections in the Rakhi Nala and Zindar Pir areas of the Western Punjab and in the Kohat District. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B 236:1-168 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Pseudoceratodes cairensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pseudoceratodes coxi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pseudoceratodes flandrini species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pseudoceratodes irregularis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pseudoceratodes kohaticus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |
Pseudoceratodes laffittei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pseudoceratodes mammuth species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pseudoceratodes sandbergeri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1928 | Pseudoceratodes Wenz |
1952 | Pseudoceratodes Eames p. 17 |
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!