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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4600857	https://www.gbif.org/species/4600857
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	11015	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=11015

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : Cyrtochetus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Prosobranchia	Milne-Edwards 1848
superorder	Caenogastropoda	Cox 1959
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Buccinoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Buccinidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Cyrtochetus	Cossmann 1901

Scientific Name

Cyrtochetus Cossmann, 1901

Name Published In

Cossmann, M. (1901). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Quatrième livraison. Paris, The author and Société d'Éditions Scientifiques. 293 pp., 10 pls.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cyrtochetus	genus	belongs to Buccinidae	stated without evidence	Olsson, 1931
Cyrtochetus	genus	belongs to Neogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 56.0 Ma
Paleocene

Last Recorded Appearance

5.33 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic

Motility

actively mobile (based on Buccinidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Buccinidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cyrtochetus (Cyrtochetus) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Cyrtochetus (Loscotaphrus) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		2	33.9 Ma Oligocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Cyrtochetus africanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cyrtochetus augustulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cyrtochetus bucciniformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	56.0 Ma Paleocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Cyrtochetus chiraensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1899	Cyrtochetus Cossmann p. 121
1931	Cyrtochetus Olsson p. 103
1984	Cyrtochetus Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska p. 111
1992	Cyrtochetus Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 121
2002	Cyrtochetus Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Olsson A. A. (1931) Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene, Bulletins of American Paleontology 17 63

Gazdzicki A, Pugaczewska H (1984) Biota of the "Pecten Conglomerate" (Polenez Cove Formation, Pliocene) of King George Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica), Studia Geologica Polonica 79, 59-120

Stilwell J. D., Zinsmeister W. J. (1992) Molluscan Systematics and Biostratigraphy, Antarctic Research Series, AGU 55

Ann. Soc. Malac. Belgique, 24 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Cossmann, M. (1901). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Quatrième livraison. Paris, The author and Société d'Éditions Scientifiques. 293 pp., 10 pls. - via World Register of Marine Species

Pacaud J.M. & Le Renard J. (1995). Révision des Mollusques paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. IV- Liste systématique actualisée. Cossmanniana. 3(4): 151-187. - via World Register of Marine Species

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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