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Elmira cornuarietis

Gastropoda

Taxonomy
Elmira cornuarietis was named by Cooke (1919) [DISTRIBUTION: ?Oligocene-Miocene; Caribbean.]. Its type specimen is USNM 167036, a partial shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM 3652, 5312, which is in a Ypresian/Bartonian coastal tar in Cuba. It is the type species of Elmira.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Elmira cornuarietis Cooke p. 123 figs. pl. 5, fig. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
RankNameAuthor
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
genusElmira
speciescornuarietis

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.

†Elmira cornuarietis Cooke 1919
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Ypresian to the top of the Bartonian or 56.00000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Bartonian56.0 - 38.0Cuba Elmira cornuarietis (type locality: 75318)