Ficus chiraensis Olsson 1931 (fig shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1931. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(63)

Belongs to Ficus according to T. J. DeVries 2004

See also Olsson 1931

Sister taxa: Ficus (Ficus), Ficus (Trophosycon), Ficus affinis, Ficus aligera, Ficus allenmanae, Ficus angustata, Ficus bernardi, Ficus carbasea, Ficus carolina, Ficus carriacouensis, Ficus chinguensis, Ficus colombiana, Ficus communis, Ficus concinnus, Ficus condita, Ficus conditus, Ficus decussata, Ficus distans, Ficus gayana, Ficus gesteri, Ficus gibsonsmithi, Ficus greenwoodi, Ficus harrisi, Ficus huzayeni, Ficus kachhensis, Ficus knowltoni, Ficus lanceolata, Ficus lanzi, Ficus lindae, Ficus lisselonga, Ficus lisselongata, Ficus lucidus, Ficus macrophylla, Ficus mamillata, Ficus maxima, Ficus membranacea, Ficus merita, Ficus microphylla, Ficus mississippiensis, Ficus modesta, Ficus montana, Ficus multiformis, Ficus multinervis, Ficus myricoides, Ficus nervosa, Ficus nexilis, Ficus ovalis, Ficus pamotanensis, Ficus papyratia, Ficus paraensis, Ficus pilsbryi, Ficus posadasensis, Ficus remondii, Ficus rodeoensis, Ficus sinuosa, Ficus spectabilis, Ficus tricarinatus, Ficus variegata, Ficus woodringi, Pyrula nexilis, Pirula (Protopirula), Pyrula elegans, Pyrula pondicherriensis, Pirula ficus, Pyrula penita, Pirula promensis, Pyrula cochlidium, Pyrula jamesi, Pyrula peruviana, Pyrula ficoides, Pyrula subcarinata, Pirula menengtengana, Pyrula micronematica, Pyrula clathrata, Pyrula dussumieri, Pyrula cancellata, Pyrula microtricha, Pyrula reticulata, Pyrula laevigata, Gonysycon epomis, Ficopsis tuberculata, Ficopsis remondii, Ficopsis hornii, Ficopsis furlongi, Ficopsis meganosensis, Ficopsis otaria, Ficopsis (Fulguroficus), Ficopsis cooperii, Ficopsis moharrami, Ficopsis viejoensis, Fusoficula angelinensis, Fusoficula juvenis

Type specimen: Its type locality is 3-4 miles north of Casa Saman, Chira Valley, which is in a Priabonian marine shale/ash in the Chira Formation of Peru

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene to Oligocene of Peru (1 collection)

• Eocene of Peru (3)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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