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Palaeocapulus

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Taxonomy
Palaeocapulus was named by Grabau and Shimer (1909).

It was synonymized subjectively with Orthonychia by Knight et al. (1960).

It was assigned to Palaeocapulidae by Grabau (1936); and to Platyceratidae by Bouchet et al. (2005), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Palaeocapulus Grabau and Shimer
1936Palaeocapulus Grabau p. 311
2005Palaeocapulus Bouchet et al. p. 246
2023Palaeocapulus Wagner p. 1137

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyPlatyceratoidea()
familyPlatyceratidae
genusPalaeocapulus

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. †Palaeocapulus Grabau and Shimer 1909
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Invalid names: Palaeocapulus lodiensis Meek 1871 [synonym]
Palaeocapulus morsei Hoare 2004
Palaeocapulus piso Walcott 1884
Palaeocapulus trigonus Goldfuss 1844
Palaeocapulus undata Winchell 1865
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ribbing: minorsuperf
Ontogeny: accretionsuperf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: passively mobilef
Epibiont: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: coprophagef
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-08-15 08:04:13
Modified: 2009-07-20 15:16:03
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Batten 1984, Kiessling 2004, Knight et al. 1960

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Famennian to the top of the Guadalupian or 372.15000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5China Platyceras acutirostris (162317)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Germany Acroculia trigona (156553)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7China Platyceras acutirostris (162313)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (New York) Platyceras acutirostris (75141)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Arizona) Platyceras acutirostris (124290)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Indiana) Platyceras equilateralis (2455) Platyceras equilateralis, Platyceras acutirostra (2257) Platyceras lodiensis (57050)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Ohio) Platyceras equilatera (93067)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Kentucky) Orthonychia sp. (59889 59891)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) Platyceras acutirostre, Platyceras equilateralis (2202 2208 2439 2448) Platyceras equilateralis (2442) Platyceras equilateralis, Platyceras acutirostra (2252) Platyceras equilateris (2250 2251)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) Platyceras equilateralis (8069) Platyceratidae indet. (8139)
Visean346.7 - 330.3USA (Iowa) Platyceras equilaterale (75144)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Arkansas) Orthonychia undata (60041 60042)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Nevada) Platyceras piso (59828)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Kentucky) Platyceras acutirostre (2780 2822 2828 2829 2831)
Chesterian - Brigantian335.4 - 330.3USA (Ohio) Platyceras morsei (85368)
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Ohio) Orthonychia acutirostris (128005)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4USA (Oklahoma) Platyceras acutirostris (5611)
Artinskian - Guadalupian290.1 - 259.51Indonesia (Timor) Capulus lodiensis (205607)