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Kangilioptera ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4614097https://www.gbif.org/species/4614097
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)10000https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=10000
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Aporrhaidae : Kangilioptera
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Aporrhaidae : Kangilioptera
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
superorderHypsogastropoda
infraorderLittorinimorphaGolikov and Starobogtov 1975
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyAporrhaidaeGray 1850
genusKangiliopteraRosenkrantz 1970
Scientific NameKangilioptera Rosenkrantz, 1970
Name Published InMeddr dansk Geol. Foren. 19
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Kangiliopterasubgenusbelongs to Anchurastated with evidenceRosenkrantz, 1970
Kangiliopteragenusbelongs to Aporrhaidaestated with evidenceRoy, 1994
Kangiliopteragenusbelongs to Neotaenioglossasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Last Recorded Appearance61.6 - 56.0 Ma
Paleocene
Motilityslow-moving (based on Aporrhaidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietdetritivore (based on Aporrhaidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. Rosenkrantz. 1970. Marine Upper Cretaceous and lowermost Tertiary deposits in West Greenland. Meddelelser Dansk Geologiske 9:406-453

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Anchura (Kangilioptera) ravni ✝
species		listed (PBDB)166.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous		66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Anchura ravni
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1970Anchura (Kangilioptera) Rosenkrantz p. 431
1994Kangilioptera Roy p. 295
2002Kangilioptera Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Rosenkrantz A. (1970) Marine Upper Cretaceous and lowermost Tertiary deposits in West Greenland, Meddelelser Dansk Geologiske 9, 406-453
Roy K. (1994) Effects of the Mesozoic Marine Revolution on the Taxonomic, Morphologic, and Biogeographic Evolution of a Group: Aporrhaid Gastropods During the Mesozoic, Paleobiology 20 3, 274-296
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
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
Meddr dansk Geol. Foren. 19 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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