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Diozoptyxidae ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Diozoptyxidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sorbeoconcha : Diozoptyxidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Diozoptyxidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 86.3 - 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 86.3 - 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Campaniloidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | grazer (based on Campaniloidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | H. A. Kollmann. 2009. A Late Cretaceous Aporrhaidae-dominated gastropod assemblage from the Gosau Group of the Pletzach Alm near Kramsach (Tyrol, Austria). With an appendix on the taxonomy of Mesozoic Aporrhaidae and their position in the superfamily Stromboidea. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie A für Mineralogie und Petrographie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Anthropologie und Prähistorie 111(A):33-71 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Armenocerithium ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Gymnocerithiidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Gymnocerithiidae |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1965 | Diozoptyxidae Pchelintsev |
| 2009 | Diozoptyxidae Kollmann p. 47 |
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!
