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Paleopsephaea sacramentica

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Taxonomy
Paleopsephaea sacramentica was named by Murphy and Rodda (1960). Its type specimen is UCLA 28638 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 3474, Coyote Creek, which is in a Cenomanian marine sandstone in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Paleopsephaea sacramentica Murphy and Rodda p. 845 figs. Pl. 102, figs. 8,9

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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)
familyFasciolariidaeGray 1853
subfamilyFasciolariinaeGray 1853
genusPaleopsephaeaWade 1926
speciessacramentica

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.

Paleopsephaea sacramentica Murphy and Rodda 1960
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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 08:21:16
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:21:16
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Turonian or 100.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9USA (California) Paleopsephaea sacramentica (1802 1804)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (California) Paleopsephaea sacramentica (type locality: 1791 1792 1793 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1800 1801 1803 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) Paleopsephaea sacramentica (69619)