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Pyrazopsis

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)280558https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=280558
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sorbeoconcha : Batillariidae : Pyrazopsis
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
orderSorbeoconchaPonder and Lindberg 1997
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyBatillariidae
genusPyrazopsisAkopjan 1972
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Pyrazopsisgenusbelongs to Batillariidaestated with evidenceHarzhauser et al., 2013
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance59.2 - 56.0 Ma
Paleocene
Last Recorded Appearance56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Batillariidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietgrazer (based on Batillariidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. Harzhauser, I. Hosgor, and J.-M. Pacaud. 2013. Thanetian gastropods from the Mesopotamian high folded zone in northern Iraq. Palaeontologische Zeitung 87(2):179-199

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Pyrazopsis polygonum
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
456.0 Ma
Paleocene
56.0 Ma
Paleocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1972Pyrazopsis Akopjan
2013Pyrazopsis Harzhauser et al.

References

Harzhauser M., Hosgor I., et al (2013) Thanetian gastropods from the Mesopotamian high folded zone in northern Iraq, Palaeontologische Zeitung 87 2, 179-199
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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