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Palaeocypraea squyeri
Taxonomy
Cypraea squyeri was named by Campbell (1893). Its type specimen is ANSP 13536, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Near Mingusville (now Wibaux), which is in a Maastrichtian offshore sandstone in the Fox Hills Formation of Wyoming.
It was recombined as Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) squyeri by Schilder and Schilder (1971) and Groves (1990); it was recombined as Palaeocypraea squyeri by Groves et al. (2011).
It was recombined as Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) squyeri by Schilder and Schilder (1971) and Groves (1990); it was recombined as Palaeocypraea squyeri by Groves et al. (2011).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1893 | Cypraea squyeri Campbell p. 52 figs. pl. 2 |
1947 | Cypraea squyeri Ingram p. 102 figs. Plate 2, figs. 11, 12 |
1971 | Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) squyeri Schilder and Schilder |
1990 | Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) squyeri Groves p. 277 figs. 11, 12 |
2011 | Palaeocypraea squyeri Groves et al. p. 178 |
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†Palaeocypraea squyeri Campbell 1893
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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J. H. Campbell 1893 | Shell ovate-oblong, attenuated at the extremities. Spire prominent, showing four whorls; outer lip thickened and having on the inner edge thirteen or fourteen teeth. Anterior half of the aperture wide, but contracted at the extremity, posterior end contracted and projecting slightly beyond the spire. Under the magnifying glass the shell shows strong revolving raised lines and striae. | |
L. T. Groves 1990 | Palaeocypraea squyeri (Campbell, 1893) has deeper terminal canals and is more elongate than Palaeocypraea corsicanana, and should be considered a separate species. |