Urosyca caudata Gabb 1869 (fig shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae

Alternative combination: Priscoficus caudatus

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

Belongs to Urosyca according to R. L. Squires 2014

See also Gabb 1869, Stanton 1896, Stewart 1927 and Zinsmeister 1983

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ANSP 4208, a shell

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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