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Scaphander jacksonensis

Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Cylichnidae

Taxonomy
Scaphander jacksonensis was named by Harris and Palmer (1947). Its type specimen is PRI 20015 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is PRI 785, which is in a Bartonian marine sandstone in the Moodys Branch Formation of Mississippi.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Scaphander jacksonensis Harris and Palmer p. 449 figs. Plate 64, Figs. 6, 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderOpisthobranchiata(Milne-Edwards 1848)
orderCephalaspideaFischer 1883
superfamilyPhilinoideaGray 1850
familyCylichnidaeAdams 1850
genusScaphanderMonfort 1810
speciesjacksonensis

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.

Scaphander jacksonensis Harris and Palmer 1947
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:31:23
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:31:23
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.30000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) Scaphander jacksonensis (205476)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Scaphander jacksonensis (3533 type locality: 90471 91086 92393 98496 99628 99632 99640 99675 164232)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Scaphander jacksonensis (6802)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Panama Scaphander jacksonensis (42531 42533 42534 42537)