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Palaeocapulus acutirostre

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Taxonomy
Capulus acutirostris was named by Hall (1856). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Platyceras acutirostris by Elias (1958); it was recombined as Platyceras (Orthonychia) acutirostre by Lane et al. (1973); it was recombined as Platyceras (Orthonychia) acutirostra by Ausich (1978); it was recombined as Platyceras acutirostre by Feldman (1987); it was recombined as Palaeocapulus acutirostre by Wagner (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Capulus acutirostris Hall
1858Capulus acutirostris Hall p. 665 figs. pl. 23 f. 14a-b
1871Platyceras (Orthonychia) lodiensis Meek
1909Palaeocapulus lodiensis Grabau and Shimer p. 686
1922Capulus lodiensis Wanner
1953Platyceras (Orthonychia) lodiensis Hyde p. 333 figs. pl. 47 f. 10-14
1958Platyceras acutirostris Elias p. 5
1973Platyceras (Orthonychia) acutirostre Lane et al. pp. 106 - 107 figs. pl. 14 f. 8-9
1978Platyceras (Orthonychia) acutirostra Ausich
1987Platyceras acutirostre Feldman
2023Palaeocapulus acutirostre Wagner p. 3842

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyPlatyceratoidea()
familyPlatyceratidae
genusPalaeocapulus
speciesacutirostre()

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.

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Invalid names: Palaeocapulus lodiensis Meek 1871 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ribbing: minorsuperf
Ontogeny: accretionsuperf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: passively mobilef
Epibiont: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: coprophagef
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-08-15 08:04:13
Modified: 2009-07-20 15:16:03
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Batten 1984, Knight et al. 1960

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Famennian to the top of the Guadalupian or 376.10000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6China Platyceras acutirostris (162317)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7China Platyceras acutirostris (162313)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Arizona) Platyceras acutirostris (124290)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (New York) Platyceras acutirostris (75141)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Kentucky) Orthonychia sp. (59889 59891)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Indiana) Platyceras acutirostra (2257) Platyceras lodiensis (57050)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0USA (Indiana) Platyceras acutirostra (2252) Platyceras acutirostre (2202 2208 2439 2448)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0USA (Indiana) Platyceratidae indet. (8139)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Kentucky) Platyceras acutirostre (2780 2822 2828 2829 2831)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (Oklahoma) Platyceras acutirostris (5611)
Artinskian - Guadalupian290.1 - 259.51Indonesia (Timor) Capulus lodiensis (205607)