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Vallatotheca ✝
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Tergomya : Tryblidiida : Proplinidae : Vallatotheca | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 513 - 501 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 411 - 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Tryblidiida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Tergomya) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | grazer (based on Tryblidiida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. F. Foerste. 1914. Notes on the Lorraine faunas of New York and the Province of Quebec. Bulletin of the Scientific Laboratories of Denison University 17(1):247-328 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Vallatotheca anticostiensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Vallatotheca elegantula ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Vallatotheca manitoulini ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Vallatotheca unguiformis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1914 | Vallatotheca Foerste |
1960 | Vallatotheca Knight and Yochelson p. 77 |
1970 | Vallatotheca Starobogatov p. 300 |
1976 | Vallatotheca Runnegar and Jell p. 119 |
1992 | Vallatotheca Wahlman |
2002 | Vallatotheca Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!