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Janeia ✝
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Solemyida : Solemyidae : Janeia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Janeia King, 1850 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Perm. Fossils (Pal. Soc. Monogr., 3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 431 - 427 Ma Silurian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 254 - 252 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | lagoonal,coastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic (based on Solemyidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Solemyidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | deposit feeder, chemosymbiotic (based on Solemyidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | accretion (based on Solemyidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite,thin,none (based on Solemyidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. King. 1850. Monograph of the Permian fossils of England. Palaeontographical Society |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Janeia biarmica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 23 | 279 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Janeia bokkeveldensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Janeia elliptica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 254 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Janeia incertis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 269 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian | |
| Janeia normalis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 9 | 272 Ma Permian | 260 Ma Permian | |
| Janeia solikamica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 279 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian | |
| Solemya (Janeia) kasanensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 260 Ma Permian | 260 Ma Permian | |
| Solemya (Janeia) minuta ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 260 Ma Permian | 260 Ma Permian | |
| Solemya (Janeia) petschorica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
| Solemya (Janeia) tibetica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 299 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Solemya biarmica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Solemya elliptica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Solemya holmwoodensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 304 Ma Carboniferous | 260 Ma Permian | |
| Solemya kasanensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Solemya minuta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Solemya petschorica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Solemya solikamica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Solemya tibetica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Solenimya normalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Janeira Tryon, 1884 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Solemyida : Solemyidae : Janeira |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1850 | Janeia King p. 177 |
| 1980 | Janeia Vokes p. 8 |
| 1981 | Solemya (Janeia) Muromtseva p. 29 |
| 2002 | Janeia Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!
