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Palmerella
| Description | Palmerella is a genus of plants in the family Campanulaceae. It has only one known species, Palmerella debilis, long known by the synonym Lobelia dunnii. It is native to 8 counties in southern California (San Diego, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara and Monterey) plus the northern part of Baja California. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmerella, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Turritellidae : Palmerella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sorbeoconcha : Turritellidae : Palmerella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | doubtful | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Palmerella Allmon, 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Palaeontogr Am 59, December 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Turritellidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Turritellidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. D. Allmon. 1996. Systematics and Evolution of Cenozoic American Turitellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) I. Paleontographica Americana 59 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmerella |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Palmerella kutchensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 47.8 Ma Eocene |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1996 | Palmerella Allmon |
| 2006 | Palmerella Perrilliat et al. p. 155 |
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!
