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Knightella ✝
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| Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Palaeostylidae : Knightella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cerithimorpha : Orthonemidae : Knightella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Knightella Longstaff, 1933 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Geol. Mag., 70, no. 832 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 372 - 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 140 - 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. D. Longstaff. 1933. Note on a Carboniferous Genus. Geological Magazine 70(10):480-480 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Knightella donaldinopsis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Knightella hydrobiformis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 265 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Knightella irregularis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 336 Ma Carboniferous | 336 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Knightella minima species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Knightella regularis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 260 Ma Permian | 260 Ma Permian | |
| Knightella shumardiana ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Knightia irregularis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Murchisonia shumardiana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Streptacis gundyensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Knightia Longstaff, 1933 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Palaeostylidae : Knightia |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1933 | Knightia Longstaff pp. 118 - 119 |
| 1933 | Knightella Longstaff p. 480 |
| 1960 | Knightella Knight et al. p. 313 |
| 2000 | Knightella Nützel and Bandel |
| 2002 | Knightella 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!
