Urosyca Gabb 1869 (fig shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1869. Section II. Cretaceous Fossils. Part I. Description of New Species. Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils 127-205

Parent taxon: Ficidae according to R. L. Squires 2014

See also Zinsmeister 1983

Sister taxa: Austroficopsis, Bulbificopsis, Ficus, Perissolax, Priscoficus, Pseudogaleodea, Sycodes, Thalassocyon

Subtaxa: Urosyca caudata

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Type: Urosyca caudata

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (1: California collection)

• Paleocene of Mexico (2), United States (14: California)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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