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Kirengellidae ✝
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Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Tergomya : Tryblidiida : Kirengellidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 513 - 499 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Tryblidiida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Tergomya) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | grazer (based on Tryblidiida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | S. N. Rozov. 1975. A new order of the Monoplacophora. Paleontological Journal 15(1):39-43 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Kirengella ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 14 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1970 | Kirengellidae Starobogatov p. 302 |
1973 | Kirengellidae Bjalyy |
1975 | Kirengellidae Rozov |
1992 | Kirengellidae Wahlman p. 61 |
2002 | Kirengellidae Stinchcomb and Angeli p. 969 |
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!