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Odontogriphus ✝
| Description | Odontogriphus (literally "toothed riddle") is a genus of soft-bodied animals known from middle Cambrian Lagerstätte. Reaching as much as 12.5 centimetres (4.9 in) in length, Odontogriphus is a flat, oval bilaterian which apparently had a single muscular foot, and a "shell" on its back that was moderately rigid but of a material unsuited to fossilization. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odontogriphus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Odontogriphidae : Odontogriphus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Odontogriphus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Odontogriphus Conway Morris, 1976 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Palaeontology 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 513 - 505 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 513 - 505 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | grazer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecospace Comments | Data from Caron et al. (2006). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | no hard parts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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/Odontogriphus |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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 Odontogriphus omalus ✝species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 12 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2002 | Odontogriphus Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2006 | Odontogriphus Caron et al. p. 159 |
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!
