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Tunstallia ✝
| Description |
From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunstallia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lophospiridae : Tunstallia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Tunstallia Hollingworth & Barker, 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Proc Yorks Geol Soc 48 (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 265 - 260 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | N.T.J. Hollingworth and M. J. Barker. 1991. Gastropods from the Upper Permian Zechstein (Cycle 1) reef of north-east England. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 48(4):347-365 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunstallia |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Trochelites helicinus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tunstallia helcina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tunstallia helicina ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 35 | 265 Ma Permian | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1991 | Tunstallia Hollingworth and Barker p. 358 |
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!
