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Sphaerocypraea
Taxonomy
Sphaerocypraea was named by Schilder (1927) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l T Mi-m].
It was assigned to Eocypraeinae by Perrilliat (1987); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Sulcocypraeini by Fehse (2013).
It was assigned to Eocypraeinae by Perrilliat (1987); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Sulcocypraeini by Fehse (2013).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1927 | Sphaerocypraea Schilder |
| 1947 | Marginocypraea Ingram p. 361 figs. 1: 1,2 |
| 1965 | Marginocypraea Jung p. 502 |
| 1987 | Sphaerocypraea Perrilliat p. 14 |
| 1993 | Chimeria Briano |
| 2002 | Sphaerocypraea Sepkoski |
| 2013 | Sphaerocypraea Fehse p. 132 |
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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. †Sphaerocypraea Schilder 1927
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†Cypraea bowerbanki Sowerby 1850
†Sphaerocypraea bartlettiana Maury 1912
†Sphaerocypraea bowerbankii Sowerby 1850
Sphaerocypraea globularis Sowerby 1850
Sphaerocypraea incomparabilis Briano 1993
†Sphaerocypraea jacksonensis Johnson 1899
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Invalid names: Sphaerocypraea ampla Dockery 1977 [synonym]
†Sphaerocypraea negritensis Olsson 1928
†Sphaerocypraea ovulina Grateloup 1833
†Sphaerocypraea tardivelae Dolin and Ledon 2002
†Sphaerocypraea wegeneri Schilder 1939
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†Sphaerocypraea wegeneri keenae Woodring 1959
Invalid names: Sphaerocypraea keenae Woodring 1959 [synonym], Sphaerocypraea paraguana Ingram 1947 [synonym]
Invalid names: Chimeria Briano 1993 [synonym], Marginocypraea Ingram 1947 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Tortonian or 59.24000 to 7.24600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma
Collections (24 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Thanetian | Trinidad and Tobago | Cypraea bartlettiana (80170) | |
| Ypresian | France | S. tardivelae (183756) | |
| Lutetian | Nigeria | Cypraea bowerbanki (51240) | |
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | S. bowerbankii, Eocypraea globularis (8124) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (Mississippi) | Notoluponia ampla (176337) | |
| Bartonian | Peru (Piura) | Amphiperas negritensis (52527) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Mississippi) | S. jacksonensis (90704) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Louisiana) | S. jacksonensis (91115) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Peru (Piura) | Ovula negritensis (88391) | |
| Burdigalian | Venezuela (Falcón) | Marginocypraea wegeneri (179723) | |
| Burdigalian | Venezuela (Falcon) | Marginocypraea wegeneri (60144 60703 60705 60706 60707 60708 60710) | |
| Burdigalian | Trinidad and Tobago | S. wegeneri (93369) | |
| Burdigalian | Italy | S. ovulina (178108) | |
| Langhian | Italy | S. ovulina (178114) | |
| Middle Miocene | Mexico (Michoacan) | Eocypraea keenae (66165) S. wegeneri (66162 66163) | |
| Tortonian | Panama (Colon) | Eocypraea keenae (145254) |