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Carcassonnella ✝
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Tergomya : Cyrtonellida : Carcassonnellidae : Carcassonnella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 456 - 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | slow-moving (based on Cyrtonellida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Tergomya) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | grazer (based on Cyrtonellida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. J. Horný and J. S. Peel. 1996. Carcassonnella, a new Lower Ordovician bellerophontiform mollusc with dorsally located retractor muscle attachments (Class Tergomya). Bulletin of the Czech Geological Survey 71(4):305-311 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Carcassonnella courtessolei ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 13 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
Carcassonnella multilineata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Carcassonnella pragensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 467 Ma Middle Ordovician | 467 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
Carcassonnella vizcainoi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1996 | Carcassonnella Horný and Peel p. 305 |
1997 | Carcassonnella Horný |
2001 | Carcassonnella Horný and Vonka |
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!