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Thylacus cretaceus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4963755https://www.gbif.org/species/4963755
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)62527https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=62527
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Calyptraeidae : Thylacus : Thylacus cretaceus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Calyptraeidae : Thylacus : Thylacus cretaceus
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
superfamilyCalyptraeoideaLamarck 1809
familyCalyptraeidaeLamarck 1809
genusThylacusConrad 1860
speciesThylacus cretaceusConrad 1860
Generic NameThylacus
Scientific NameThylacus cretaceus Conrad, 1860
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Thylacus cretaceusspeciesbelongs to Thylacusstated without evidenceSohl, 1964
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Motilityfacultatively mobile, attached (based on Calyptraeidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Calyptraeidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)D. T. Dockery. 1993. The Streptoneuran gastropods, exclusive of the Stenoglossa, of the coffee sand (Campanian) of Northeastern Mississippi. Bulletin (Mississippi Office of Geology) 129:1-191

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1860Thylacus cretaceus Conrad
1964Thylacus cretaceus Sohl p. 366
1993Thylacus cretaceus Dockery p. 69

References

Dockery D. T. (1993) The Streptoneuran gastropods, exclusive of the Stenoglossa, of the coffee sand (Campanian) of Northeastern Mississippi, Bulletin (Mississippi Office of Geology) 129, 1-191
Sohl N. F. (1964) Gastropods from the coffee Sand (Upper Cretaceous) of Mississippi, USGS Professional Paper 331C, 345-394
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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