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Paosia pentzensis

Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae

Taxonomy
Paosia pentzensis was named by Squires and Saul (2004). Its type specimen is LACMIP 7315, a partial shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 17611, along Dry Creek, near Pentz, which is in a Campanian open shallow subtidal conglomerate in the Chico Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Paosia pentzensis Squires and Saul
2018Paosia pentzensis Haggart and Graham p. 286

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyPseudomelanoideaFischer 1885
familyPseudomelaniidaeCossmann 1909
genusPaosiaBöhm 1895
speciespentzensis

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.

Paosia pentzensis Squires and Saul 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Middle Campanian or 85.70000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Canada (British Columbia) Paosia pentzensis (210558)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) Paosia pentzensis (3885 type locality: 176365 220366)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (British Columbia) Paosia pentzensis (119447)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) Paosia pentzensis (176363)