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Palaeostylidae ✝
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Palaeostylidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 359 - 347 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 269 - 265 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Palaeostylinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 10 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
| Platyconchinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 347 Ma Carboniferous | 314 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Trepsipleura ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 314 Ma Carboniferous | 269 Ma Permian | |
| Loxonema elegantissima ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1938 | Palaeostylidae Wenz |
| 2002 | Austronema Bandel |
| 2002 | Austronematinae Bandel |
| 2005 | Palaeostylidae Bouchet et al. p. 247 |
| 2015 | Paleostylidae Mazaev p. 962 |
| 2016 | Palaeostylidae Nützel and Ketwetsuriya p. 508 |
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!
