''Anomphalus jaggerius'' is an
extinct
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species of
Permian sea snail
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. Fossils have been found in
Artinskian era
limestone from the
Bird Spring Formation
The Bird Spring Formation is a geologic formation in Nevada. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous and Permian
The Permian ( ) is a geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system which spans 47 million years ...
in the southern
Arrow Canyon Range of the US State of
Nevada. The species, which had a shell wide, was a
subtidal epifaunal
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grazer.
It was named after
Rolling Stones
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lead singer
Mick Jagger.
See also
*''
Aegrotocatellus jaggeri
''Aegrotocatellus'' is a genus of trilobite in the order Phacopida, which existed in what is now Nunavut, Canada. It was named by Adrain and Edgecombe in 1995, and the type species is ''Aegrotocatellus jaggeri'', a species named after British ...
'' - a species of
trilobite named after Jagger
*''
Jaggermeryx naida
''Jaggermeryx'' is an extinct genus of semiaquatic anthracothere, ungulates related to hippopotamuses, from the Early Miocene Moghara Formation in Egypt. The genus was named after Mick Jagger.
Etymology
Its genus name, ''Jaggermeryx'' is deri ...
'' - a species of
Miocene ungulate named after Jagger
*''
Perirehaedulus richardsi
''Perirehaedulus richardsi'' is a species of trilobites named after British musician Keith Richards.
See also
*'' Aegrotocatellus jaggeri'' - a species of trilobite named after Mick Jagger
*'' Anomphalus jaggerius'' - a species of snail named ...
'' - a
species of
prehistoric
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trilobite named after
British musician
Keith Richards
*
List of organisms named after famous people (born 1900–1949)
References
External links
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Permian gastropods
Mick Jagger
Fossil taxa described in 1972
Trochoidea (superfamily)
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