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Surculites
Taxonomy
Surculites was named by Conrad (1865) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than T Ol-l Sepkoski's reference number: 700].
It was reranked as Surcula (Surculites) by Gabb (1869), Dickerson (1914), Dickerson (1915).
It was assigned to Surcula by Gabb (1869), Dickerson (1914), Dickerson (1915); to Turriculinae by Hickman (1976), Squires (1984), Squires (1987); to Turridae by Grant, IV and Gale (1931), Turner (1938), Durham (1944), Adegoke (1977), Squires and Goedert (1994); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).
It was reranked as Surcula (Surculites) by Gabb (1869), Dickerson (1914), Dickerson (1915).
It was assigned to Surcula by Gabb (1869), Dickerson (1914), Dickerson (1915); to Turriculinae by Hickman (1976), Squires (1984), Squires (1987); to Turridae by Grant, IV and Gale (1931), Turner (1938), Durham (1944), Adegoke (1977), Squires and Goedert (1994); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1865 | Surculites Conrad |
| 1869 | Surcula (Surculites) Gabb p. 150 |
| 1914 | Surcula (Surculites) Dickerson p. 149 |
| 1915 | Surcula (Surculites) Dickerson p. 70 |
| 1931 | Surculites Grant, IV and Gale p. 492 |
| 1938 | Surculites Turner p. 69 |
| 1944 | Surculites Durham p. 186 |
| 1976 | Surculites Hickman p. 50 |
| 1977 | Surculites Adegoke p. 190 |
| 1984 | Surculites Squires p. 37 |
| 1987 | Surculites Squires p. 47 |
| 1994 | Surculites Squires and Goedert p. 19 |
| 2002 | Surculites Sepkoski |
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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.
G. †Surculites Conrad 1865
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†Surcula (Surculites) andersoni Dickerson 1914
†Surculites errans Solander 1766
†Surculites kogbei Adegoke 1977
†Surculites mathewsonii Gabb 1864
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Invalid names: Bela clathrata Gabb 1869 [synonym], Potamides davisiana Cooper 1894 [synonym]
†Surculites sinuatus Gabb 1864
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Serravallian or 66.00000 to 11.63000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma
Collections (98 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Danian | USA (Texas) | S. sp. (84467 205466) S. sp. B (92216) | |
| Danian | USA (California) | S. sp. (37511) | |
| Danian | Colombia (Guajira) | S. cortezi, S. errans (99141) | |
| Danian | Greenland | S. sp. (22943) | |
| Paleocene | USA (California) | Bela clathrata (190773) Fusus mathewsonii (190769 190776) S. mathewsonii (11117) | |
| Selandian | USA (California) | Fusus mathewsonii (184016) Surcula andersoni (81800) | |
| Selandian | Nigeria | S. kogbei (7791) | |
| Thanetian | USA (California) | S. mathewsonii (52612 52613) Turricula andersoni (239714) | |
| Thanetian | USA (Virginia) | S. sp. A (91859) | |
| Ypresian | USA (California) | Surcula davisiana, Surcula sinuata (122337) S. mathewsonii (122656 177614 178748) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | S. bifasciatus, S. errans (76601) S. errans (3266 3268) S. velatus, S. errans (8025) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Texas) | S. lapillus (7788 7789 83950 84337) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Oregon) | S. mathewsoni (200873) S. matthewsoni (200795) S. sp. (200804) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Washington) | S. mathewsoni (5552) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Alabama) | S. engonatus (80779 98277 205272) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | USA (California) | S. mathewsonii (8011 8014 8018 200143) | |
| Eocene | USA (California) | Surcula sinuata (190801 207112 207113 207116) | |
| Eocene | Nigeria | S. ingens (41394) S. sp. (46260) | |
| Eocene | Nigeria (Imo) | S. ingens (42655) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Texas) | S. cabezai (90455 205478) S. cabezi (205454 205496) S. engonatus (205503 205532) S. lapillus (205520 205533) S. sp. (205440 205479 205527) | |
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | S. errans (8124) | |
| Lutetian | USA (California) | S. mathewsonii (8012 8013 166460 178777 200714 200725 200726 200737 200745 200753 200838 201259) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Oregon) | S. matthewsoni (200870 201033) S. sp. (200912) | |
| Middle Eocene | Mexico (Nuevo Leon) | S. cabezai (42992) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (New Jersey) | S. annosus, S. cadaverosus (91760) S. cadaverosus (91758) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (California) | S. sp. (194185) | |
| Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | USA (California) | S. mathewsoni (37928) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Mississippi) | S. engonatus (205508) | |
| Bartonian | United Kingdom (England) | S. errans (42636 42639) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | S. sp. (205489) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Texas) | S. engonatus (205266 205267 205410 205480 205484) S. sp. (205422 205430) S. sp., S. engonatus (205271) | |
| Bartonian | USA (California) | S. ioformis (52828) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | New Zealand (Canterbury) | S. finlayi (45037 45041) | |
| Rupelian | USA (Washington) | S. sp. A (180419) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | USA (Washington) | S. sp. B (208160) | |
| Langhian | Japan | S. osawanoensis (44970) | |
| Serravallian | Japan | S. cryptoconoides (44962) |