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Hypseloconidae ✝
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Tergomya : Kiringellida : Hypseloconidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 38 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 520 - 513 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 450 - 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | slow-moving (based on Tergomya) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Tergomya) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | grazer (based on Tergomya) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. B. Knight. 1956. New families of Gastropoda. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 46(2):41-42 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Cambrioconus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Cornuella ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Gasconadeoconus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Gayneoconus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Knightoconus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Orthoconus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Ozarkoconus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Paraceratoconus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 520 Ma Cambrian | |
| Proteroconus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Pygmaeoconus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 10 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Shelbyoceras ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Yochelsonella ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1956 | Hypseloconidae Knight |
| 1960 | Hypseloconidae Knight and Yochelson p. 82 |
| 1963 | Hypseloconidae Horný p. 33 |
| 1966 | Hypseloconidae Stinchcomb and Jung Echols p. 648 |
| 1975 | Hypseloconidae Golikov and Starobogatov p. 207 |
| 1976 | Hypseloconidae Runnegar and Jell p. 118 |
| 1986 | Hypseloconidae Stinchcomb p. 616 |
| 1992 | Hypseloconidae Wahlman p. 61 |
| 2000 | Hypselconidae Feng et al. p. 2 |
| 2002 | Hypseloconidae Stinchcomb and Angeli p. 972 |
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!
