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Vanpalmeria africana

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae

Taxonomy
Vanpalmeria africana was named by Adegoke (1977). Its type specimen is UIMG 388 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ewekoro Quarry, which is in a Selandian open shallow subtidal packstone in the Ewekoro Formation of Nigeria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Vanpalmeria africana Adegoke p. 205 figs. Plate 31, Figs. 7-10

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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
superfamilyOlivoidea(Troschel 1869)
familyOlividaeLatreille 1825
subfamilyVanpalmeriinae()
genusVanpalmeria
speciesafricana

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.

†Vanpalmeria africana Adegoke 1977
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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 08:23:19
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:19
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Selandian or 61.60000 to 59.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Nigeria Vanpalmeria africana (type locality: 7791)