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Pseudobigaleaidae ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Rostroconchia : Conocardiida : Pseudobigaleaidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 461 - 456 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 290 - 279 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Rostroconchia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Rostroconchia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Rostroconchia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Conocardiida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. D. Hoare, R. H. Mapes, and TE Yancey. 2002. Structure, taxonomy, and epifauna of Pennsylvanian rostroconchs (Mollusca). Journal of Paleontology Memoir 58:1-30 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Bigaleinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 427 Ma Silurian | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | |
Bitrigonocardiinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Iapetocardiinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 433 Ma Silurian | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Pseudobigaleainae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 28 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 290 Ma Permian | |
Baiosoma ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 331 Ma Carboniferous | 314 Ma Carboniferous | |
Bitrigonocardia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 443 Ma Silurian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2002 | Pseudobigaleaidae Hoare et al. p. 5 |
2006 | Pseudobigaleaidae Rogalla and Amler p. 380 |
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!