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Cosmocerithium polonicum

Gastropoda - Newtoniellidae

Taxonomy
Cosmocerithium polonicum was named by Kaim (2004). Its type specimen is MZ VIII Mg 4246/1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lukow, Podlasie region, Lubelskie, which is in a Callovian transition zone/lower shoreface claystone in Poland.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Procerithium nysti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Cosmocerithium polonicum Kaim p. 59 fig. 42

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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)
superfamilyTriphoroideaGray 1847
familyNewtoniellidaeKorobkov 1955
subfamilyEumetulinae(Golikov and Starobogatov 1975)
genusCosmocerithiumCossmann 1906
speciespolonicum

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:29:55
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:29:55
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Callovian or 164.70000 to 161.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Poland Cosmocerithium polonicum (type locality: 63064)