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Paleopsephaea

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Taxonomy
Paleopsephaea was named by Wade (1926) [m. kosnik taxon no: 4661].

It was reranked as Voluta (Paleopsephaea) by Riedel (1933).

It was assigned to Voluta by Riedel (1933); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Fasciolariinae by Sohl (1964), Snyder (2003) and Stilwell et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Paleopsephaea Wade
1933Voluta (Paleopsephaea) Riedel p. 109
1964Paleopsephaea Sohl p. 209
2002Palaeopsephaea Sepkoski
2003Paleopsephaea Snyder p. 19
2004Paleopsephaea Stilwell et al. p. 45

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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

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.

G. †Paleopsephaea Wade 1926
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†Paleopsephaea nodoprosta Stilwell et al. 2004
†Paleopsephaea sacramentica Murphy and Rodda 1960
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Danian or 99.60000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections (55 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Palaeopsephaea patens (4647) Palaeopsephaea sinuosa (4641) P. decorosa (6498) P. patens (6596 6604 6611) P. sinuosa (6609) P. vadoana (6642)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (California) P. sacramentica (1791 1792 1793 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) P. sacramentica (69619)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (California) P. sacramentica (215758)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (New Mexico) P. sp. (87805 87809 200334)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Cameroon Voluta sulcata (177976)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6South Africa (Eastern Cape) P. scalaris, P. compacta (47109)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Austria Palaeopsephaea sp. (177758)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) P. mutabilis, P. pergracilis (88357)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) P. pergracilis (7515)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) P. mutabilis (205536)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) P. mutabilis, P. pergracilis (205445)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) P. sp. (205543)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Palaeopsephaea sp. (4255 4261 4262)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Mexico (Guerrero) P. sp., P. mutabilis (7461)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) P. mutabilis (7476 7477 7590 7592) P. mutabilis, P. tenuilirata (7586)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Palaeopsephaea tenuilirata (4368)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) Palaeopsephaea sp. (4440)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Antarctica P. nodoprosta (67035 67036 67064)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) P. sp. (63516)