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Groomodiscus rossi

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Taxonomy
Groomodiscus rossi was named by Rohr and Yochelson (1990). Its type specimen is USNM 445059, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is D1576 CO, E. of Groom Mine, which is in a Whiterockian shallow subtidal limestone in the Antelope Valley Formation of Nevada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Groomodiscus rossi Rohr and Yochelson
2023Groomodiscus rossi Wagner p. 2921

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
superfamilyTropidodiscoidea
familyTropidodiscidae()
genusGroomodiscus
speciesrossi

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.

†Groomodiscus rossi Rohr and Yochelson 1990
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-18 08:53:22
Modified: 2026-03-24 21:53:51
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Whiterockian or 471.30000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Nevada) Groomodiscus rossi (type locality: 13605 14229) Tropidodiscus sp. (14232)