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Eotympanotonus

Gastropoda - Potamididae

Taxonomy
Eotympanotonus was named by Chavan (1952) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo Sepkoski's reference number: 614].

It was reranked as Tympanotonos (Eotympanotonus) by Chavan (1952), Chavan (1952), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).

It was assigned to Tympanotonos by Chavan (1952), Chavan (1952), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Potamididae by Harzhauser et al. (2013).

Species
Tympanotonos (Eotympanotonus) papalis
Species lacking formal opinion data
Tympanotonos conarius, Tympanotonos conoideus, Tympanotonos cordieri, Tympanotonos emarginatus, Tympanotonos proavus
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2026-06-04

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Eotympanotonus Chavan
1952Tympanotonos (Eotympanotonus) Chavan
1995Tympanotonos (Eotympanotonus) Pacaud and Le Renard p. 156
2002Eotympanotonus Sepkoski
2013Eotympanotonus Harzhauser et al. p. 183

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyPotamididae(Adams and Adams 1854)
genusEotympanotonusChavan 1952

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. †Eotympanotonus Chavan 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:14:03
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:14:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Bartonian or 59.24000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0France Tympanotonos proavus (178086)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Tympanotonos papalis (3267)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France Tympanotonos conoideus, Tympanotonos emarginatus (171526)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Île-de-France) Tympanotonos conarius (179130)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Picardie) Tympanotonos conarius, Tympanotonos cordieri (178155)