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Metoptomatidae ✝
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Tergomya : Archinacellida : Metoptomatidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 450 - 444 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 228 - 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Archinacellida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Tergomya) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | grazer (based on Archinacellida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. Wenz. 1938. Handbuch der Paläozoologie; Gastropoda. Handbuch der Paläozoologie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Calloconus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 416 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Lepetopsis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 38 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Metoptoma ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 16 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 279 Ma Permian | |
| Palaeoscurria ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1938 | Metoptomatidae Wenz |
| 1960 | Metoptomatidae Knight et al. p. 231 |
| 1963 | Metoptomatidae Horný p. 50 |
| 2005 | Metoptomatidae Bouchet et al. p. 241 |
| 2020 | Metoptomatidae Wagner p. H151 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
