Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combinations: Cypraea squyeri, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) squyeri
Full reference: J. H. Campbell. 1893. Description of a new fossil Cypraea. The Nautilus 7(5):52-52
Belongs to Palaeocypraea according to L. T. Groves et al. 2011
See also Campbell 1893, Groves 1990, Ingram 1947 and Schilder and Schilder 1971
Sister taxa: Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea), Palaeocypraea (Pustulariopsis), Palaeocypraea corsicanana, Palaeocypraea eripnides, Palaeocypraea fontana, Palaeocypraea grooti, Palaeocypraea nuciformis, Palaeocypraea spirata, Palaeocypraea suciensis, Palaeocypraea suecica, Palaeocypraea wilfredi
Type specimen: ANSP 13536, a shell. Its type locality is Near Mingusville (now Wibaux), which is in a Maastrichtian offshore sandstone in the Fox Hills Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at Near Mingusville (now Wibaux)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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