Journal article

Publication year: 2019

Pages: 572-575

Journal: Palaeoworld

Volume number: 28

Issue number: 4

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palwor.2019.05.015

Publisher: Elsevier

Abstract: 
Yu et al. (2019) recently described two new species of gastropods from the Cretaceous Burmese amber and attributed them to the marine family Epitoniidae. A close inspection of the images provided by Yu et al. indicates however that the species in question do not belong to that family or any marine gastropod group. In contrast, the two species are attributed here to the terrestrial operculate family Pupinidae (Cyclophoroidea) and tentatively to the genus Pseudopomatias. We briefly review the fossil record of the Cyclophoroidea and Pupinidae and discuss implications of the present revision. After all, Pseudopomatias? lyui (Yu, Wang and Jarzembowski, 2019) and P.? zhuoi (Yu, Wang and Jarzembowski, 2019) belong to the oldest members of the Pupinidae. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Elsevier B.V. and Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Harvard Citation style: Neubauer, T., Pall-Gergely, B., Jochum, A. and Harzhauser, M. (2019) Striking case of convergence - Alleged marine gastropods in Cretaceous Burmese amber are terrestrial cyclophoroids. Comment on Yu et al., Palaeoworld, 28(4), pp. 572-575. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palwor.2019.05.015

APA Citation style: Neubauer, T., Pall-Gergely, B., Jochum, A., & Harzhauser, M. (2019). Striking case of convergence - Alleged marine gastropods in Cretaceous Burmese amber are terrestrial cyclophoroids. Comment on Yu et al.. Palaeoworld. 28(4), 572-575. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palwor.2019.05.015