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Zinsitys edwilsoni

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Perissityidae

Taxonomy
Zinsitys edwilsoni was named by Saul (1988). Its type specimen is CAS 60172.01, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 60172, Antelope Creek, which is in a Santonian marine siliciclastic in the Chico Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Zinsitys edwilsoni Saul
2018Zinsitys edwilsoni Haggart and Graham p. 284

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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
superfamilyBuccinaceae(Rafinesque 1815)
familyPerissityidae
genusZinsitys
speciesedwilsoni

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.

Zinsitys edwilsoni Saul 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:41:42
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:56:35
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (California) Zinsitys edwilsoni (239882)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Canada (British Columbia) Zinsitys edwilsoni (210549)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (California) Zinsitys edwilsoni (type locality: 239883)