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Veteranella (Glyptoleda) ✝
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| Rank | subgenus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae : Veteranella : Veteranella (Glyptoleda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 290 - 279 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 242 - 237 Ma Middle Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | coastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic (based on Nuculanidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Nuculanidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | deposit feeder, suspension feeder (based on Nuculanidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | accretion (based on Nuculanidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite,thin,minor ribbing (based on Nuculanidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | H. O. Fletcher. 1945. A new genus Glyptoleda and a revision of the genus Nuculana from the Permian of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 21(6):293-312 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Glyptoleda (Menucula) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | |
| Glyptoleda borealica ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 265 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Glyptoleda coleyi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 279 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian | |
| Glyptoleda flexuosa ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 269 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Glyptoleda glomerata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 279 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Glyptoleda intricata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 265 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Glyptoleda javesi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 290 Ma Permian | 290 Ma Permian | |
| Glyptoleda parenica ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 279 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian | |
| Glyptoleda reidi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 269 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Glyptoleda simplicata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 265 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1945 | Glyptoleda Fletcher p. 298 |
| 1980 | Glyptoleda Vokes p. 5 |
| 2002 | Glyptoleda Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2014 | Veteranella (Glyptoleda) Ros-Franch et al. |
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!
