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Dorsanum parinense

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Dorsanum parinense was named by Olsson (1928). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Keswick Hills [Parinas Fm], which is in a Bartonian coastal sandstone/conglomerate in the Parinas Formation of Peru.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. haueri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Dorsanum parinense Olsson p. 129 figs. pl. 18, figs. 5, 6

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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)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyPseudolivinaeCossmann 1901
genusDorsanumGray 1847
speciesparinense

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.

†Dorsanum parinense Olsson 1928
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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 08:10:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:10:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Bartonian or 41.30000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Peru (Piura) Dorsanum parinense (type locality: 88366)