Eoborus
TaxonEoborus
AuthorityKlappenbach & Olazarri, 1970[1]
Type speciesEoborus charruanus
Type species authority(Frenguelli, 1930)
Subdivision ranksSpecies
Subdivision

Eoborus is a fossil genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the family Strophocheilidae. Eoborus is the oldest fossil record of Strophocheilidae, dating from the Middle Paleocene of Brazil (Itaboraí Basin)[2] and Uruguay (Santa Lucía Basin).[3] The Brazilian species, alongside Eoborus charruanus from Uruguay, are the oldest fossil record of the family.[2]

The small size and large umbilicus of Eoborus are its most remarkable characteristics; it is considered primitive in the family Strophocheilidae.[2][1]

Species

Species within the genus Eoborus include:

Some authors note that two other species, Strophocheilus chubutensis and Strophocheilus hauthali could also belong to Eoborus.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ Klappenbach, M.A. & Olazarri, J. (1970). "Notas sobre Strophocheilidae (Moll. Gastr.), III. Eoborus, nuevo género paraespecies fósiles de esta familia sudamericana" [Notes on Strophocheilidae (Moll. Gastr.), III. Eoborus, new genus for fossil species of this South American family] (in Spanish). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 100 (3/4): 179–182.
  2. ^ Salvador, Rodrigo Brincalepe & de Simone, Luiz Ricardo Lopes (1 June 2012). "New fossil pulmonate snails from the Paleocene of Itaboraí Basin, Brazil (Pulmonata: Cerionidae, Strophocheilidae, Orthalicidae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde: International Journal of Malacology. 141 (1): 43–50. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/043-050. S2CID 88222194
  3. ^ Martínez, Sergio; Veroslavsky, Gerardo; Verde, Mariano (12 June 2017). "Primer registro del Paleoceno en el Uruguay: paleosuelos calcáreos fosilíferos en la cuenca de Santa Lucía" [First Paleocene record in Uruguay: fossiliferous calcareous paleosols in the Santa Lucía basin] (in Spanish). Revista Brasileira de Geociências. 27 (3): 292–302. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  4. ^ Klappenbach, M.A. & Olazarri, J. (1986). "Notas sobre Strophocheilidae IV. Eoborus berroi, nueva espécie del Mioceno uruguayo" [Notes on Strophocheilidae IV. Eoborus berroi, a new species from the Uruguayan Miocene] (in Spanish). Comucaciones Paleontológicas del Museo de História Natural de Montevideo. 1: 217–225. OCLC 949711393
  5. ^ Salvador, Rodrigo Brincalepe & Simone, Luiz Ricardo Lopes de (2013). "Taxonomic revision of the fossil pulmonate mollusks of Itaboraí Basin (Paleocene), Brazil". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. doi:10.1590/S0031-10492013000200001
  6. ^ Maury, Carlotta Joaquina (1935). "New genera and new species of fossil terrestrial Mollusca from Brazil". American Museum Novitates. ' (764): 1–15. hdl:2246/4568