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Pseudozygopleura macra

Gastropoda - Pseudozygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Pseudozygopleura (Pyrgozyga) macra was named by Knight (1930) [Pseudozygopleura (Pyrgozyga) macra Knight 1930]. Its type specimen is YPM 12985, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is SL-1. Headwaters of Feefee Creek, north of Olive St. & west of Lindberg Blvd., 1.5 km northwest of Stratmann (Olivette), which is in a Moscovian offshore shale in the Appanoose Formation of Missouri.

It was recombined as Pseudozygopleura macrus by Yochelson and Saunders (1967); it was recombined as Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) macra by Hoare and Sturgeon (1981); it was recombined as Pseudozygopleura macra by Kues and Batten (2001) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Pseudozygopleura (Pyrgozyga) macra Knight
1967Pseudozygopleura macrus Yochelson and Saunders p. 153
1981Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) macra Hoare and Sturgeon pp. 582 - 583 figs. pl. 3 f. 4-8; table 1
2001Pseudozygopleura macra Kues and Batten pp. 67 - 69 figs. f. 13.8
2023Pseudozygopleura macra Wagner p. 5450

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyZygopleuroidea
familyPseudozygopleuridae()
genusPseudozygopleura
speciesmacra()

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.

Pseudozygopleura macra Knight 1930
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Moscovian to the top of the Missourian or 315.20000 to 303.70000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atokan318.6 - 312.8USA (Kentucky) Pseudozygopleura macra (183265 183267)
Atokan318.6 - 312.8USA (Ohio) Pseudozygopleura macra (79351)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Missouri) Pseudozygopleura macra (type locality: 69773)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Ohio) Pseudozygopleura macra (64906 71963 79324 79389 93081 128861 183203)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (New Mexico) Pseudozygopleura macra (46536)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Ohio) Pseudozygopleura macra (71968 79349 79350 183166 183202)