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Prionodesmacea ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | order (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Prionodesmacea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 423 - 392 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 423 - 392 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Bivalvia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Bivalvia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Bivalvia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. A. Olsson. 1931. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(63) |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Schizodonta ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Taxodonta ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 423 Ma Silurian | 423 Ma Silurian | |
Ambonychidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1889 | Prionodesmacea Dall |
1904 | Prionodesmacea Glenn p. 362 |
1906 | Prionodesmacea Arnold p. 45 |
1916 | Prionodesmacea Raymond |
1931 | Prionodesmacea Olsson p. 31 |
1937 | Prionodesmacea Popenoe p. 380 |
1957 | Prionodesmacea Rivera p. 189 |
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!