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Rostroconchia ✝
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| Rank | class (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Rostroconchia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 393 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 530 - 516 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 254 - 252 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Rostroconchia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Rostroconchia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Rostroconchia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecospace Comments | LIFE HISTORY: Semi-infaunal, non-motile unattached, suspension feeding according to Bambach et al (2007). ; some taxa may have been detritus-feeding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Pojeta, Jr., B. Runnegar, and NJ Morris, ND Newell. 1972. Rostroconchia: a new class of bivalved mollusks. Science 177(4045):264-267 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Anetshelloida ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 11 | 272 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian | |
| Conocardiida ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 451 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Ribeirioida ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 252 | 530 Ma Cambrian | 433 Ma Silurian | |
| Euchasmidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Ozomiidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Pseudotechnophoridae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Tolmachoviidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Wanwaniidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Conocardium ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 127 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 254 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1972 | Rostroconchia Pojeta, Jr. et al. p. 264 |
| 2002 | Rostroconchia 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!
