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Ellipsoscapha ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cephalaspidea : Scaphandridae : Ellipsoscapha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Scaphandridae : Ellipsoscapha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Ellipsoscapha Stephenson, 1941 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Pub. Univ. Tex., no. 4101, 891 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 61.6 - 59.2 Ma Paleocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Pyramidelloidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Pyramidelloidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Bullina nortonensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ellipsoscapha blanckenhorni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ellipsoscapha mortoni ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 35 | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Ellipsoscapha nortonensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Ellipsoscapha occidentalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ellipsoscapha sohli ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Ellipsoscapha striatella ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Haminea cylindrica ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1941 | Ellipsoscapha Stephenson |
| 1964 | Ellipsoscapha Sohl p. 298 |
| 2002 | Ellipsoscapha 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!
