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Volutilithes muricinus
Taxonomy
Voluta muricina was named by Lamarck (1802) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Atlantic.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Courtagnon (Lamarck collection), which is in a Lutetian carbonate sandstone in France.
It was recombined as Volutilithes municinus by Bone et al. (1991); it was recombined as Eopsephaea muricina by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); it was recombined as Volutilithes muricinus by Perrilliat et al. (2006).
It was recombined as Volutilithes municinus by Bone et al. (1991); it was recombined as Eopsephaea muricina by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); it was recombined as Volutilithes muricinus by Perrilliat et al. (2006).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1802 | Voluta muricina Lamarck p. 477 |
1991 | Volutilithes municinus Bone and et al. |
1995 | Eopsephaea muricina Pacaud and Le Renard p. 166 |
2006 | Volutilithes muricinus Perrilliat et al. p. 163 |
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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.
†Volutilithes muricinus Lamarck 1802
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 |
Age range: Lutetian or 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | Volutilithes municinus (3257) | |
Lutetian | France | Voluta muricina (184112) | |
Lutetian | Mexico (Chiapas) | Volutilithes muricinus (79943) |