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Ribeiria compressa ✝
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Rank | species (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Rostroconchia : Ribeirioida : Technophoridae : Ribeiria : Ribeiria compressa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 479 - 468 Ma Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 479 - 466 Ma Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Rostroconchia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Rostroconchia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Rostroconchia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. P. Whitfield. 1886. Notice of geological investigations along the eastern shore of Lake Champlain, conducted by Prof. H.J. Seely and Pres. Ezra Brainerd, of Middlebury College, with descriptions of the new fossils discovered. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 1(8):24-35 |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1886 | Ribeiria compressa Whitfield |
1968 | Ribeiria compressa Flower |
1976 | Ribeiria compressa Pojeta and Runnegar |
2020 | Ribeiria compressa Wagner p. 3130 |
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!