A. Cretaceous Olivoidea

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Apparently, the Olivoidea originate in the Maastrichtian, Late Cretaceous [72.1-66Ma]. Several Pseudolividae, and a few Ancillariidae are documented. These are listed below:

Cretaceous Ancillariidae
Taxon  
Tanimasanoria japonica (Kase, 1990)

Upper Cretaceous, Azenotani Mudstone Member, Earliest Maastrichtian (Izumi Mountains, near Osaka, Japan)

Type figures

Tanimasanoria sp. Basse, 1932

Upper Cretaceous. Manja, Madagascar.

MNHN.F.R07088. Madagascar, Manja. Cretaceous, Maastrichtian.

Eoancilla acutula Stephenson, 1941

Upper Cretaceous, Owl Creek, Mississippi; Clayton Formation, Tennessee; Kemp Clay, Texas, [all Maastrichtian], USA.

Type figures

Oliva vetusta Forbes, 1846

Arriyalur group, Maastrichtian. Pondicherry, India.

Stoliczka (1868: Pl. 28 fig. 27)


Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith