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Maitaia ✝
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Atomodesmatidae : Maitaia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 290 - 279 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 251 - 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Pteriomorphia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Pteriomorphia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Bivalvia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Maitaia absoluta ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 272 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian | |
Maitaia bella ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 265 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
Maitaia belliformis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 265 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
Maitaia errabunda ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 254 Ma Permian | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
Maitaia gigantea ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 279 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian | |
Maitaia hurenensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 260 Ma Permian | 260 Ma Permian | |
Maitaia kolymiaformis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 265 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
Maitaia kusnezovi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 269 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian | |
Maitaia orulganica ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 260 Ma Permian | 260 Ma Permian | |
Maitaia regularicostatum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 254 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
Maitaia tenkensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 260 Ma Permian | 260 Ma Permian | |
Maitaia tobonnoensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 269 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian | |
Maitaia trechmanni ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 12 | 260 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
Maitaia vedernikovi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 272 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian | |
Mytilidesmatella woodi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 260 Ma Permian | 260 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1934 | Maitaia Marwick |
1979 | Mytilidesmatella Waterhouse p. 13 |
1989 | Maitaia (Mytilidesmatella) Astafieva p. 18 |
1993 | Maitaia (Mytilidesmatella) Astafieva p. 99 |
2002 | Maitaia Sepkoski, Jr. |
2002 | Mytilidesmatella Sepkoski, Jr. |
2008 | Maitaia Biakov p. 240 |
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!