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Cylindritopsis insolitus

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae

Taxonomy
Oncochilus insolitus was named by Chronic (1952). Its type specimen is AMNH 27113:1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rimmy Jim Tank, Kaibab Formation, Coconino County, which is in a Roadian marine limestone in the Kaibab Formation of Arizona.

It was recombined as Cylindritopsis insolitus by Erwin (1988) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Oncochilus insolitus Chronic p. 132 figs. pl. 5 f. 7
1963Oncochilus insolitus Winters p. 46 figs. pl. 5 f. 1-2
1988Cylindritopsis insolitus Erwin p. 63 figs. 3.26 - 3.27
2002Oncochilus insolitus Blodgett et al. p. 488 fig. 10.f
2023Cylindritopsis insolitus Wagner p. S245

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyLoxonematoidea(Koken 1889)
familySoleniscidae
subfamilySoleniscinae
genusCylindritopsis
speciesinsolitus()

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.

†Cylindritopsis insolitus Chronic 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height76.244.0011.86.302.50
shell diameter72.972.603.403.000.566

Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2004-08-16 10:05:44
Modified: 2004-08-16 12:05:44
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 279.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Arizona) Oncochilus insolitus (52898 95353 120746 120747)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Cylindritopsis insolitus (43491)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Mexico (Sonora) Oncochilus insolitus (52099)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Cylindritopsis insolitus (43512 43553 81693)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Arizona) Oncochilus insolitus (type locality: 40001)