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Charadreon ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pachychilidae : Charadreon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sorbeoconcha : Pachychilidae : Charadreon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Charadreon Woodring, 1973 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Woodring, W.P. (1973). Geology and paleontology of the Canal Zone and adjacent parts of Panama: description of Tertiary mollusks (additions to gastropods, scaphopods, pelecypods: Nuculidae to Malleidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper. 306-E: 453-539. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 16.0 - 5.3 Ma Miocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | freshwater (based on Pachychilidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Cerithioidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | grazer (based on Cerithioidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. P. Woodring. 1973. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (additions to gastropods, scaphopods, pelecypods: Nuculidae to Malleidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(E):453-539 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Charadreon eucosmius ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 16.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Charadreon glabrum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 16.0 Ma Miocene | 16.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Charadreon intermedius ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 16.0 Ma Miocene | 16.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Charadreon leptus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 48.6 Ma Eocene | 48.6 Ma Eocene | |
| Charadreon mugrosanus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1973 | Charadreon Woodring p. 468 |
| 2002 | Charadreum Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2006 | Charadreon Wesselingh |
| 2006 | Charadreon Wesselingh et al. |
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!
