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Paskentana berryessaensis

Gastropoda - Paskentanidae

Taxonomy
Paskentana berryessaensis was named by Kiel et al. (2008). Its type specimen is UCMP 555098 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP A-7308, Bear Creek, which is in a Valanginian deep-water carbonate in the Crack Canyon Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Paskentana berryessaensis Kiel et al. p. 690 figs. Fig. 7

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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)
superfamilyAbyssochrysoideaTomlin 1927
familyPaskentanidae
genusPaskentana
speciesberryessaensis

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.

†Paskentana berryessaensis Kiel et al. 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height313.611.018.012.83.64

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Tithonian to the top of the Valanginian or 149.20000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1USA (California) Paskentana berryessaensis (151974)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6USA (California) Paskentana berryessaensis (type locality: 151968)