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Ficus mississippiensis

Gastropoda - Ficidae

Taxonomy
Ficus mississippiensis was named by Conrad (1848) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Eocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Ficus mississippiensis Conrad p. 286
1940Ficus mississippiensis Mansfield p. 216
1947Ficus mississippiensis Harris and Palmer p. 322
1959Ficus mississippiensis Woodring p. 210
2014Ficus mississippiensis Squires p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyFicoideaMeek 1864
familyFicidaeMeek 1864
genusFicusRöding 1798
speciesmississippiensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Ficus mississippiensis Conrad 1848
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:59:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 41.03000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) Ficus mississippiensis (205501)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Panama Ficus mississippiensis (42534)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3USA (Florida) Ficus mississippiensis (41197 80184)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Mexico (Tamaulipas) Ficus mississippiensis (43064)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Ficus mississippiensis (43065 43067 43069 43077 43083)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Alabama) Ficus mississippiensis (205616 205826 205831)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) Ficus mississippiensis (5501 5612 5779 5787 5867 5943 5999 6005 66311 66316 type locality: 84137)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (North Carolina) Ficus mississippiensis (4880)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (North Carolina) Ficus mississippiensis (151325)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Mexico (Tamaulipas) Ficus mississippiensis (43091)