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Pollicina ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Tergomya : Cyrtonellida : Pollicinidae : Pollicina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 541 - 530 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 466 - 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | slow-moving (based on Cyrtonellida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Tergomya) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | grazer (based on Cyrtonellida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. Holzapfel. 1895. Das Obere Mitteldevon (Schichten mit Stringocephalus Burtini un Maeneceras terbratum) in Rheinischen Gebirge. Abhandlungen der Preußischen Geologischen Landesanstalt 16:1-460 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Pollicina annulata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Pollicina corniculum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 9 | 468 Ma Middle Ordovician | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1895 | Pollicina Holzapfel |
1960 | Pollicina Knight and Yochelson p. 82 |
1976 | Pollicina Runnegar and Jell p. 117 |
2002 | Pollicina Sepkoski, Jr. |
2003 | Pollicina Evans and Cope p. 145 |
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!