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Silenites ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Podocopida : Bairdiocyprididae : Silenites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Silenites Coryell & Booth, 1933 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Amer. Midl. Nat., 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 388 - 383 Ma Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 252 - 251 Ma Phanerozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | hypersaline,marine,brackish,freshwater (based on Ostracoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Ostracoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Ostracoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | detritivore, grazer (based on Podocopida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Ostracoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Bairdia subrounda species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Bythocypris marginifera species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Bythocypris testatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Carbonia lenticularis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Silenites asymmetricus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Silenites fabalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Silenites grayi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Silenites lenticularis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 20 | 307 Ma Carboniferous | 254 Ma Permian | |
Silenites limatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Silenites marginiferus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
Silenites opimus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Silenites rudolphi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Silenites sasakwaformis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 32 | 254 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
Silenites silenus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Silenites suborthis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
Silenites subrounda ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
Silenites testatus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
Silenites texanus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Silenites unicostus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
Silenites zhejiangensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 254 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1985 | Silenites Kozur p. 64 |
2002 | Silenites Sepkoski, Jr. |
2010 | Silenites Crasquin and Forel p. 358 |
2018 | Silenites Tanaka p. 22 |
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!