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Pentalina ✝
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Tergomya : Tryblidiida : Tryblidiidae : Pentalina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 467 - 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 466 - 458 Ma Middle Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Tryblidiida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Tergomya) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | grazer (based on Tryblidiida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. J. Horný. 1961. New genera of Bohemian Monoplacophora and patellid Gastropoda. Vestník Ústredniho Ústavu Geologického 36(5):299-302 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Pentalina prantli ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 467 Ma Middle Ordovician | 467 Ma Middle Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1961 | Pentalina Horný |
1963 | Pentalina Horný p. 13 |
1970 | Pentalina Starobogatov p. 301 |
1976 | Pentalina Runnegar and Jell p. 119 |
2002 | Pentalina 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!