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Palaeorissoina maeuseri

Gastropoda - Palaeorissoinidae

Taxonomy
Palaeorissoina maeuseri was named by Grundel (1999). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kremmeldorf near Bamberg, Bavaria, which is in an Aalenian marine horizon in Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. compacta, P. crebera, P. obliquata, P. polkowskii, P. tenuistriata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Palaeorissoina maeuseri Grundel p. 98 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-3
2013Palaeorissoina maeuseri Schulbert and Nützel p. 747 figs. 18A-D

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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)
superfamilyRissooideaGray 1847
familyPalaeorissoinidaeGründel and Kowalke 2002
genusPalaeorissoina
speciesmaeuseriGrundel 1999

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.

†Palaeorissoina maeuseri Grundel 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:56:22
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:56:22
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Toarcian to the top of the Early/Lower Aalenian or 180.40000 to 170.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Germany Palaeorissoina maeuseri (75984)
Early/Lower Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Germany Palaeorissoina maeuseri (type locality: 58297)