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Ellipsoscapha

Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Scaphandridae

Taxonomy
Ellipsoscapha was named by Stephenson (1941) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sant T Than Sepkoski's reference number: 794]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Scaphandridae by Stephenson (1941) and Sohl (1964); and to Cephalaspida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
E. cylindrica, E. mortoni, E. nortonensis, E. skaios, E. sohli, E. striatella
Species lacking formal opinion data
E. occidentalis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Ellipsoscapha Stephenson
1964Ellipsoscapha Sohl p. 298
2002Ellipsoscapha Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderOpisthobranchiata(Milne-Edwards 1848)
orderCephalaspideaFischer 1883
superfamilyPhilinoideaGray 1850
familyScaphandridaeSars 1878
genusEllipsoscaphaStephenson 1941

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Ellipsoscapha Stephenson 1941
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†Ellipsoscapha cylindrica Gardner 1916
†Ellipsoscapha mortoni Forbes 1845
†Ellipsoscapha nortonensis Anderson 1958
†Ellipsoscapha skaios Dailey and Popenoe 1966
†Ellipsoscapha sohli Marincovich, Jr. 1993
†Ellipsoscapha striatella Shumard 1861
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:31:35
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:31:35
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Turonian to the top of the Thanetian or 93.50000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (83 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (California) E. sp. (220931)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) E. subcylindrica (212997)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Bullina nortonensis (86819) E. skaios (1516 1545 1552)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) E. striatella (7481 7482 7500 7502 7503 7579)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) E. sp. (6175)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) E. nortonensis (144780)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) E. sp. (7600)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) E. mortoni (4601) E. sp. (205529 205541) E. striatella (7493 7494)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) E. occidentalis (1583)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) E. mortoni (4380)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Montana) E. subcylindrica (213081)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Georgia) E. sp. (4313)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Maryland) E. mortoni (125950)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) E. mortoni (4247 4251 4254 4255 4285) E. sp. (4238 4252)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) E. occidentalis (1586)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) E. mortoni (4178 4186 4197 4201 4203 4215 4216 4231 4236 4237 83225 83238) E. sp. (4183 4200 4230 4233)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) E. cylindrica (4121)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) E. mortoni (4413 4435 4441 4490) E. sp. (4394 4431 4442 4456 4460 4496 4517)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Maryland) E. cylindrica (4372) E. mortoni (4368) E. occidentalis, E. mortoni (4369)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) E. sp. (88511)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) E. mortoni (4127 4151 4156) E. sp. (4142 4161 4163 4164) E. sp., E. mortoni (4137 4143 4148 4160 4167)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Carolina) E. sp. (4352)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Alaska) E. sohli (64414)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland E. sp. (22943)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Greenland E. sp. (22944 22945)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen E. sp. (226627)