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Palaeozygopleura obesa

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Palaeozygopleura obesa was named by Yoo (1994) [= Palaeozygopleura sp. Yoo, 1988: 238, table 2.]. Its type specimen is F78477, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Marohn. Yoo Loc. 28. 150 m west of Marohn homestead, which is in a Tournaisian carbonate limestone in the Dangarfield Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Palaeozygopleura obesa Yoo pp. 84-85 figs. pl. 16 f. 1-4
2020Palaeozygopleura obesa Ketwetsuriya et al. p. 72 figs. 6ag-aj
2023Palaeozygopleura obesa Wagner p. 5613

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyLoxonematoidea(Koken 1889)
familyPalaeozygopleuridae
genusPalaeozygopleura
speciesobesa

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height29.759.5010.09.750.354

Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-09-21 10:39:28
Modified: 2009-09-21 12:39:28
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Hastarian to the top of the Wordian or 358.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hastarian358.9 - 353.8Australia (New South Wales) Palaeozygopleura obesa (43901 43902)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Australia (New South Wales) Palaeozygopleura obesa (43948 43949 43950 44079 44080 type locality: 44088)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Thailand (Ratchaburi) Palaeozygopleura obesa (40954)