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Lyrischapa ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Volutidae : Lyrischapa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Lyrischapa Aldrich, 1911 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Bull. Amer. Pal., 5, no. 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 66.0 - 56.0 Ma Paleocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 41.3 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Volutidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Volutidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | T. H. Aldrich. 1911. New Eocene fossils from the southern Gulf states. Bulletins of American Paleontology 5(22):1-24 |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Eovasum soudanense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lyrischapa blanfordi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |
Lyrischapa brevispira ✝ species | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |
Lyrischapa haimei ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |
Lyrischapa harrisi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 41.3 Ma Eocene | 41.3 Ma Eocene | |
Lyrischapa lajollaensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lyrischapa pyramida ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 41.3 Ma Eocene | 41.3 Ma Eocene | |
Lyrischapa sismondai ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 59.2 Ma Paleocene | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |
Lyrischapa soudanense ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 59.2 Ma Paleocene | |
Lyrischapa spinifera ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 47.8 Ma Eocene | |
Lyrischapa vredenburgi ✝ species | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 56.0 Ma Paleocene |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1911 | Lyrischapa Aldrich p. 11 |
1934 | Volutocristata Gardner and Bowles |
1967 | Lyrischapa Abbass p. 114 |
1984 | Lyrischapa Squires p. 35 |
1987 | Lyrischapa Squires p. 47 |
1991 | Lyrischapa Givens p. 663 |
1992 | Lyrischapa Squires and Demetrion p. 33 |
2002 | Lyrischapa Sepkoski, Jr. |
2006 | Lyrischapa Perrilliat et al. p. 161 |
2014 | Lyrischapa Merle and Pacaud p. 111 |
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!