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Cassiopidae ✝
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Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sorbeoconcha : Cassiopidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 145 - 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 23.0 - 16.0 Ma Miocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Cerithioidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | grazer (based on Cerithioidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. Bouchet, J.-P. Rocroi, and J. Frýda, B. Hausdorf, W. Ponder, A. Valdes, A. Warén. 2005. A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names. Malacologia 47(1-2):1-368 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Bicarinella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Cassiope ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 15 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Coninoda ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Glauconiella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Gymnentome ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 26 | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Hexaglauconia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Mennessieria ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Mesoglauconia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Paraglauconia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Pseudoglauconia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
Glauconia deserti ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Glauconia pizcuetana ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1868 | Glauconia Stoliczka |
1953 | Glauconiidae Pchelintsev |
1953 | Glauconia Pchelintsev p. 90 |
1988 | Glauconiidae Ponder and Warén p. 295 |
2002 | Glauconia Sepkoski, Jr. |
2005 | Cassiopidae Bouchet et al. p. 248 |
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!