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Keeneia ✝
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Platyceratidae : Keeneia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 331 - 323 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 265 - 260 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Platyceratidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Keeneia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | omnivore (based on Keeneia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ontogeny | accretion (based on Platyceratoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite, aragonite (based on Platyceratidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. Etheridge Jr. 1902. A new Permo-Carboniferous genus (Keenia) of Pleurotomariidae, and a Straparollus in New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 4(5):195-200 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Keeneia afflicta ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 290 Ma Permian | 290 Ma Permian | |
Keeneia carnarvonensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 272 Ma Permian | |
Keeneia hesdoensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 299 Ma Carboniferous | |
Keeneia ocula ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 15 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 265 Ma Permian | |
Keeneia platyschismoides ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 296 Ma Permian | 296 Ma Permian | |
Keeneia twelvetreesi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 296 Ma Permian | |
Planikeeneia occasa ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 290 Ma Permian | 290 Ma Permian | |
Planikeeneia pristina ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 331 Ma Carboniferous | 323 Ma Carboniferous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1902 | Keeneia Etheridge Jr. |
1958 | Planikeeneia Fletcher pp. 135 – 136 |
1960 | Keeneia Knight et al. p. I198 |
1987 | Keeneia (Planikeeneia) Waterhouse p. 177 |
2002 | Keeneia 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!