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Ficus (Trophosycon)

Gastropoda - Ficidae

Taxonomy
Trophosycon was named by Cooper (1894) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l T Plio-l Sepkoski's reference number: 4].

It was reranked as Ficus (Trophosycon) by Addicott (1970), Oleinik and Marincovich (2003).

It was assigned to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ficus by Addicott (1970), Oleinik and Marincovich (2003).

Subtaxa
Ficus (Trophosycon) clallamensis, Ficus (Trophosycon) kerniana (syn. Ficus nodiferus), Trophosycon ocoyanum
Species lacking formal opinion data
Ficus Fremontii, Ficus affinis, Ficus americanafolia, Ficus andrewsi, Ficus aramaryensis, Ficus berryi, Ficus betijoquensis, Ficus bicarinata, Ficus cania, Ficus carbasea, Ficus carbasea, Ficus carbasea, Ficus carbesea, Ficus carbesea, Ficus carolinae, Ficus chandleri, Ficus condita, Ficus conditus, Ficus contida, Ficus crasipes, Ficus cunia, Ficus elegans, Ficus eopapyratia, Ficus ficoides, Ficus filia, Ficus floridensis, Ficus focoides, Ficus geometra, Ficus geometra, Ficus helveticus, Ficus holmesi, Ficus imperfectus, Ficus jacksonensis, Ficus londini, Ficus longipedia, Ficus lutetianoides, Ficus mamilliferafolia, Ficus mammilatus, Ficus mississippiensis, Ficus myrtifolia, Ficus naitoi, Ficus ocoyana, Ficus otaria, Ficus pamotanensis, Ficus papyratia, Ficus papyratium, Ficus parasemicordata, Ficus parva, Ficus parvus, Ficus paryearensis, Ficus paryearensis, Ficus patagonica, Ficus perplexa, Ficus peruviana, Ficus planicosta, Ficus porcellanaria, Ficus potentilloides, Ficus praepumila, Ficus priabonensis, Ficus protobenjamina, Ficus puryearensis, Ficus retciulata, Ficus reticulata, Ficus reticulatus, Ficus roscheni, Ficus shanwangensis, Ficus simplex, Ficus simplex, Ficus sindonata, Ficus sp, Ficus subgcepperti, Ficus subintermedia, Ficus subintermedia, Ficus subintermedius, Ficus talamanca, Ficus texana, Ficus tressensis, Ficus tricostatus, Ficus trineruis, Ficus trinervus, Ficus ventricosa, Ficus ventricosus, Ficus winslowiana, Ficus wynootchensis
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by P. Wagner on 2016-04-01

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Trophosycon Cooper
1970Ficus (Trophosycon) Addicott p. 73
2002Trophosycon Sepkoski
2003Ficus (Trophosycon) Oleinik and Marincovich Jr p. 41

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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
subgenusTrophosycon(Cooper 1894)

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.

Subg. †Ficus (Trophosycon) Cooper 1894
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Invalid names: Ficus nodiferus Gabb 1869 [synonym]
†Trophosycon ocoyanum Conrad 1855
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†Ficus (Trophosycon) ocoyana contignata Grant, IV and Gale 1931
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 41.03000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Russian Federation (Kamchatka) Ficus sp. (8049)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04USA (Washington) Ficus clallamensis (241832)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Washington) Ficus clallamensis (37594) Trophosycon clallamensis (37583 37585)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (California) Agasoma kernianum (11601)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Ficus ocoyanus (237901 238171 238178 238183 238191 238253) Trophosycon nodiferum (167645) Trophosycon ocoyanus (208581)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (Washington) Ficus clallamensis (241879)
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (California) Ficus ocoyana (59073)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Oregon) Trophosycon ocoyanum (201690)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (California) Ficus ocoyana (206393)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63USA (Oregon) Trophosycon ocoyanum (39806)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Ficus ocoyana (97234)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Ficus ocoyana (96904 97210 97233 97235 97236 97242) Trophosycon nodiferum (208580)