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Catazone ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Hormotomidae : Catazone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 439 - 433 Ma Silurian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 392 - 384 Ma Middle Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Murchisonioidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Murchisonioidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Perner. 1907. Gastéropodes, Tome 2: Pleurotomaridae et Murchisonidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Murchisonia apate ✝ species | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 427 Ma Silurian | 427 Ma Silurian | |
| Catazone argolis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 427 Ma Silurian | 427 Ma Silurian | |
| Murchisonia boylei ✝ species | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Catazone changningensis ✝ species | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 439 Ma Silurian | 439 Ma Silurian | |
| Turritella cingulata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 439 Ma Silurian | 427 Ma Silurian | |
| Murchisonia compressa ✝ species | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 433 Ma Silurian | 423 Ma Silurian | |
| Murchisonia cuneus ✝ species | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 427 Ma Silurian | 427 Ma Silurian | |
| Catazone demidoffi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 427 Ma Silurian | 427 Ma Silurian | |
| Murchisonia egregium ✝ species | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Murchisonia eversolensis ✝ species | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Catazone latona ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 427 Ma Silurian | 423 Ma Silurian | |
| Murchisonia nevadana ✝ species | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 392 Ma Middle Devonian | |
| Catazone podolica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 427 Ma Silurian | 427 Ma Silurian | |
| Murchisonia robustula ✝ species | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 427 Ma Silurian | 427 Ma Silurian | |
| Murchisonia styloidea ✝ species | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 427 Ma Silurian | 427 Ma Silurian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1907 | Murchisonia (Catazone) Perner p. 109 |
| 1960 | Catazone Knight et al. p. 291 |
| 2002 | Catazone Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2017 | Catazone Wagner p. G287 |
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!
