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Brachydontes
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Brachydontes | ||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (33%) | ||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 168 - 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | ||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. T. Dockery. 1982. Lower Oligocene Bivalvia of the Vicksburg Group in Mississippi. Mississippi Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Geology 123:1-261 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Brachydontes athabaskensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Brachydontes salisburyensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) |
References
Dockery D. T. (1982) Lower Oligocene Bivalvia of the Vicksburg Group in Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Geology 123, 1-261 |
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!