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Coelodiscus ✝
| Description | Ceolodiscus is a genus in the gastropod family Euomphalidae from the Lower and Middle Jurassic of Europe. The shell is small but stocky; involute or with a slightly protruding spire. Whorls are generally smooth, evenly rounded and slightly overlapping; umbilicus deep, aperture ovate. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coelodiscus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Coelodiscidae : Coelodiscus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Coelodiscus Brösamlen, 1909 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Palaeontogr., 56, 202 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 201 - 199 Ma Early Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 180 - 170 Ma Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coelodiscus |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Coelodiscus minutus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 10 | 191 Ma Early Jurassic | 180 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Euomphalus minutus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1909 | Coelodiscus Broesamlen |
| 1960 | Coelodiscus Knight et al. p. 196 |
| 2002 | Coelodiscus Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2013 | Coelodiscus Gründel and Nützel p. 738 |
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!
