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Paleopsephaea

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Taxonomy
Paleopsephaea was named by Wade (1926) [m. kosnik taxon no: 4661].

It was reranked as Voluta (Paleopsephaea) by Riedel (1933).

It was assigned to Voluta by Riedel (1933); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002), Sepkoski (2002); and to Fasciolariinae by Sohl (1964), Snyder (2003), Stilwell et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Paleopsephaea Wade
1933Voluta (Paleopsephaea) Riedel p. 109
1964Paleopsephaea Sohl p. 209
2002Palaeopsephaea Sepkoski
2003Paleopsephaea Snyder p. 19
2004Paleopsephaea Stilwell et al. p. 45

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyFasciolariidaeGray 1853
subfamilyFasciolariinaeGray 1853
genusPaleopsephaeaWade 1926

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.

G. †Paleopsephaea Wade 1926
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†Paleopsephaea nodoprosta Stilwell et al. 2004
†Paleopsephaea sacramentica Murphy and Rodda 1960
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 08:21:16
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:21:16
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Danian or 100.50000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (54 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9USA (California) P. sacramentica (1802 1804)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Palaeopsephaea patens (4647) Palaeopsephaea sinuosa (4641) P. decorosa (6498) P. patens (6596 6604 6611) P. sinuosa (6609) P. vadoana (6642)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (California) P. sacramentica (1791 1792 1793 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1800 1801 1803 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Mexico) P. sp. (87805 87809 200334)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) P. sacramentica (69619)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Cameroon Voluta sulcata (177976)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Austria Palaeopsephaea sp. (177758)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6South Africa (Eastern Cape) P. scalaris, P. compacta (47109)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Tennessee) P. mutabilis, P. pergracilis (88357)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) P. pergracilis (7515)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico (Guerrero) P. sp., P. mutabilis (7461)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) P. mutabilis (7476 7477 7590 7592) P. mutabilis, P. tenuilirata (7586)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Palaeopsephaea sp. (4255 4261 4262)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Palaeopsephaea sp. (4440)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Palaeopsephaea tenuilirata (4368)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) P. sp. (205543)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) P. mutabilis, P. pergracilis (205445)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) P. mutabilis (205536)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Antarctica P. nodoprosta (67035 67036 67064)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) P. sp. (63516)