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Eoconus sauridens

Description

Eoconus sauridens is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Conidae.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)9303549https://www.gbif.org/species/9303549
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)59843https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=59843
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Eoconus : Eoconus sauridens
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Conus : Eoconus sauridens
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassProsobranchiaMilne-Edwards 1848
superorderCaenogastropodaCox 1959
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyConidaeFleming 1822
genusConusLinnaeus 1758
speciesEoconus sauridensConrad 1833
Generic NameEoconus
Scientific NameEoconus sauridens (Conrad, 1833)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Conus sauridensspeciesbelongs to Conus (Lithoconus)stated with evidenceClark and Durham, 1946
Conus sauridensspeciesbelongs to Conusstated with evidenceWoodring, 1970
Conus sauridensspeciesbelongs to Conusstated without evidenceKosnik, 2002
Conus sauridensspeciesbelongs to Conusstated with evidenceHendricks and Portell, 2008
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance20.4 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Conidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Conidae)
Taphonomyintermediate (based on Conus)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. A. Kosnik. 2002. personal opinion.
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eoconus_sauridens

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Conus sauridens chiraensis
subspecies
listed (PBDB)541.3 Ma
Eocene
33.9 Ma
Oligocene

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Conus subsauridens Conrad, 1865GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Eoconus : Conus subsauridens
Conus nocens Garve, 1996GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Eoconus : Conus nocens
Conus alveatus Conrad, 1865GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Eoconus : Conus alveatus
Conus parvus Lea, 1841GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Eoconus : Conus parvus
Conus claibornensis Lea, 1833GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Eoconus : Conus claibornensis
Conus santander Gardner, 1945GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Eoconus : Conus santander
Conus cracens Hoerle, 1976GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Eoconus : Conus cracens
Conus sauridens Conrad, 1833GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Eoconus : Conus sauridens
Conus tortilus Conrad, 1854GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Eoconus : Conus tortilus
Conus tortilis Conrad, 1854GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Eoconus : Conus tortilis

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1833Conus sauridens Conrad p. 33
1833Conus claibornensis Lea p. 186
1841Conus parvus Lea p. 103 figs. pl. 1, fig. 24
1854Conus tortilus Conrad p. 260 figs. pl. 15, fig. 5
1855Conus tortilis Conrad p. 260
1858Conus tortilis Wailes figs. 15: 5
1865Conus tortilis Conrad p. 30
1865Conus alveatus Conrad p. 148 figs. pl. 11, fig. 4
1865Conus subsauridens Conrad p. 148 figs. pl. 11, fig. 9
YearName and Author
1885Conus jacksonensis Meyer p. 466
1945Conus (Leptoconus) santander Gardner p. 251 figs. pl. 26, figs. 5, 9, 10, 14
1946Conus (Lithoconus) sauridens Clark and Durham p. 46
1970Conus sauridens Woodring p. 349
1976Conus cracens Hoerle p. 14 figs. pl. 3, figs. 1-3
1996Conus nocens Garve p. 90 figs. pl. 19, figs. 9, 10
2002Conus sauridens Kosnik
2002Conus tortilus Kosnik
2008Conus sauridens Hendricks and Portell p. 82

References

Kosnik M. A. (2002) personal opinion.
Clark B. L., Durham J. W. (1946) Eocene Faunas from the Department of Bolivar, Colombia, Geological Society of America Memoir 16, 1-126
Woodring W. P. (1970) Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae)., United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306 D, 299-452
Hoerle S. E. (1976) The genus Conus (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Alum Bluff Group of northwestern Florida, Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 12 1, 1-31
Hendricks J. R., Portell R. W. (2008) Late Eocene Conus (Neogastropoda: Conidae) from Florida, USA, The Nautilus 122 2, 79-93
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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