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Potamides (Ptychopotamides) ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | subgenus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sorbeoconcha : Potamididae : Potamides : Potamides (Ptychopotamides) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 70.6 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 2.59 - 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Potamididae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | grazer (based on Potamididae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
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Potamides (Ptychopotamides) tricinctus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 14 | 11.6 Ma Miocene | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | |
Ptychopotamides papaveraceus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 9 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 16.0 Ma Miocene |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1895 | Potamides (Ptychopotamides) Sacco |
1995 | Tympanotonos (Ptychopotamides) Pacaud and Le Renard p. 156 |
1997 | Potamides (Ptychopotamides) Marquet p. 9 |
2002 | Ptychopotamides Harzhauser p. 75 |
2002 | Ptychopotamides Sepkoski, Jr. |
2003 | Potamides (Ptychopotamides) Mandic and Steininger p. 271 |
References
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!