| Source Data | |
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Platyceratidae : Palaeocapulus : Capulus acutirostris |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Platyceratidae : Palaeocapulus : Capulus acutirostris |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
(PBDB,GBIF) | |
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| Generic Name | Capulus |
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| Scientific Name | Capulus acutirostris (Hall, 1856) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Palaeocapulus acutirostre | species | belongs to Capulus | stated without evidence | Hall, 1856 | | Palaeocapulus acutirostre | species | belongs to Platyceras | stated without evidence | Elias, 1958 | | Palaeocapulus acutirostre | species | belongs to Platyceras (Orthonychia) | stated without evidence | Lane et al., 1973 | | Palaeocapulus acutirostre | species | belongs to Platyceras | implied | Feldman, 1987 | | Palaeocapulus acutirostre | species | belongs to Palaeocapulus | stated with evidence | Wagner, 2017 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 376 - 371 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 290 - 260 Ma
Permian |
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| Environment | marine (based on Platyceratidae) |
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| Motility | passively mobile, epibiont (based on Platyceratidae) |
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| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) |
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| Diet | coprophage (based on Platyceratidae) |
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| Ontogeny | accretion (based on Platyceratoidea) |
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| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite, aragonite (based on Platyceratidae) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Hall. 1856. Description of new species of fossils from the Carboniferous limestones of Indiana and Illinois. Transactions of the Albany Institute 4:1-36 |
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| Hall J. Description of new species of fossils from the Carboniferous limestones of Indiana and Illinois, Transactions of the Albany Institute 4, 1-36 |
| Hall J. Palaeontology of Iowa, Report of the Geological Survey of the state of Iowa 1 2, 473-724 |
| Meek F. B. Descriptions of new species of invertebrate fossils from Ohio and other western states and territories, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 23, 159-184 |
| Grabau A. W., Shimer H. W. (1909) , North American index fossils, invertebrates, 1-909 |
| Wanner C. (1922) Die Gastropoden und Lamellibranchiaten der Dyas von Timor, Palaontologie von Timor 11, 1-82 |
| Hyde J. E. (1953) Mississippian formations of central and southern Ohio, Ohio Division of Geological Survey Bulletin 51, 1-355 |
| Elias M. K. (1958) Late Mississippian fauna of the Redoak Hollow Formation of southern Oklahoma. Part IV. Gastropoda, scaphopoda, cephalopoda, thoracica, and problematica, Journal of Paleontology 32 1, 1-57 |
| Lane N. G., Matthews J. L., et al (1973) Paleontology and paleoecology of the Crawfordsville fossil site (Upper Osagian: Indiana), University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 99, 1-141 |
| Ausich W. I. (1978) Community Organization, Paleontology, and Sedimentology of the Lower Mississippian Borden Delta Platform (Edwardsville Formation, Southern Indiana), Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Indiana University, 1-433 |
| Feldman H. R. (1987) Facies Faunas of the Salem Limestone (Mississippian) in Southern Indiana and Central Kentucky, Southeastern Geology 27 3, 171-183 |
| Wagner P. J. (2017) Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database |
Capulus acutirostris ✝
