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Tympanotonos (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 Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).

It was assigned to Tympanotonos by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyPotamididae(Adams and Adams 1854)
genusTympanotonosSchumacher 1817
subgenusEotympanotonus(Chavan 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.

Subg. †Tympanotonos (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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

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 (Picardie) Tympanotonos conarius, Tympanotonos cordieri (178155)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Île-de-France) Tympanotonos conarius (179130)