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Fruiticicoiidae ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Fruiticicoiidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 56.0 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 56.0 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. M. Weaver and R. M. Kleinpell. 1963. Oligocene biostratigraphy of the Santa Barbara embayment, California: Part II: Mollusca from the Turritella variata zone. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 43:81-164 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Micrarionta ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 56.0 Ma Paleocene |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1963 | Fruiticicoiidae Weaver and Kleinpell |
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!