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Beshtashella ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Beshtashella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 520 - 516 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 516 - 513 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | slow-moving (based on Helcionelloida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Helcionelloida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | detritivore (based on Helcionelloida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecospace Comments | DIMENSIONS & MORPHOLOGY: Based on Beshtashella tortilis. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | thin (based on Beshtashella) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | V. V. Missarzhevsky and A. M. Mambetov. 1981. Stratigrafiya i fauna pogranichnykh sloyev Kembriya i Dokembriya Malogo Karatau [Stratigraphy and fauna of the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary beds of the Malyy Karatau]. Trudy Ordena Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni Geologicheskiy Institut Akademiya NAUK SSSR 326:1-90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Beshtashella tortilis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 8 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1981 | Beshtashella Missarzhevsky and Mambetov p. 52 |
| 1983 | Paraformichella Qian and Zhang p. 88 |
| 1989 | Beshtashella Missarzhevsky p. 186 |
| 1990 | Beshtashella Bengtson et al. p. 256 |
| 1994 | Beshtashella Elicki pp. 79 - 80 figs. f. 4/3-5, 10 |
| 1996 | Beshtashella Elicki p. 148 |
| 2001 | Beshtashella Parkhaev p. 198 |
| 2002 | Beshtashella Parkhaev p. 37 |
| 2002 | Beshtashella Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2004 | Beshtashella Gubanov et al. p. 211 |
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!
