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Eotomariinae ✝
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| Rank | subfamily (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Eotomariidae : Eotomariinae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 479 - 470 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 343 - 336 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Murchisoniina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Murchisoniina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. Wenz. 1938. Handbuch der Paläozoologie; Gastropoda. Handbuch der Paläozoologie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Eotomariides ✝ tribe | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Ptychomphalinides ✝ tribe | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Bembexia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 58 | 427 Ma Silurian | 343 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Clathrospira ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 136 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Eocryptaenia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Eotomaria ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 79 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 439 Ma Silurian | |
| Palaeoschisma ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Ptychonema ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 17 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Spirotomaria ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 464 Ma Middle Ordovician | 464 Ma Middle Ordovician |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1938 | Eotomariinae Wenz |
| 1960 | Eotomariinae Knight et al. p. 202 |
| 2005 | Eotomariinae Bouchet et al. p. 243 |
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!
