Anomphalus jaggerius

Anomphalus jaggerius
Temporal range: 290.1–279.5 Ma

Permian

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Anomphalidae
Genus: Anomphalus
Species: A. jaggerius
Binomial name
Anomphalus jaggerius
Plas, 1972[1]

Anomphalus jaggerius is an extinct species of Permian sea snail. Fossils have been found in Artinskian era limestone from the Bird Spring Formation in the southern Arrow Canyon Range of the US State of Nevada. The species, which had a shell 6.37 millimetres (0.251 in) wide, was a subtidal epifaunal grazer.[1] It was named after Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger.[2]

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