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Vanikoropsis ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4612130https://www.gbif.org/species/4612130
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)10656https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=10656
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Vanikoridae : Vanikoropsis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Vanikoridae : Vanikoropsis
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
superfamilyVanikoroideaGray 1840
familyVanikoridaeGray 1840
genusVanikoropsisMeek 1876
Scientific NameVanikoropsis Meek, 1876
Name Published InInvert. Foss. Upper Missouri (Rep. U.S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 9)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Vanikoropsisgenusbelongs to Vanikoridaestated with evidenceKase, 1984
Vanikoropsisgenusbelongs to Neotaenioglossasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Vanikoropsisgenusbelongs to Vanikoridaestated with evidenceStilwell et al., 2004
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance170 - 166 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance61.6 - 59.2 Ma
Paleocene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Vanikoridae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietgrazer (based on Vanikoridae)
Taphonomyaragonite (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

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Eunaticina arktowskiana ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1066.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous		66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Natica toumeyana ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Vanikoropsis minuta ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1170 Ma
Middle Jurassic		170 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Vanikoropsis suciensis
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1876Vanikoropsis Meek
1984Vanikoropsis Kase p. 148
2002Vanikoropsis Sepkoski, Jr.
2004Vanikoropsis Stilwell et al. p. 33

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Kase T. (1984) , Early Cretaceous marine and brackish-water Gastropoda from Japan, 1-262
Stilwell J. D., Zinsmeister W. J., et al (2004) Early Paleocene Mollusks of Antarctica: Systematics, Paleoecology and Paleobiogeographic Significance, Bulletins of American Paleontology 367
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
Invert. Foss. Upper Missouri (Rep. U.S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 9) - 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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