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Bollandia ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Bollandia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Bollandia Reed, 1943 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (11)10: 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 359 - 347 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 339 - 331 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | fast-moving (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed (based on Proetidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | deposit feeder (based on Proetida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ontogeny | molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Bollandia albae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Bollandia alekto species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Bollandia eudora species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Bollandia globiceps species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Bollandia megaira species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Bollandia persephone ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Bollandia torionis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1943 | Bollandia Reed pp. 54-65 |
2002 | Bollandia Jell and Adrain |
2002 | Bollandia 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!