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Eotebenna ✝
| Description | Eotebenna is a genus of helcionellid from the Early to Middle Cambrian of Greenland, Denmark and Australia, with sail-like "snorkels", similar to Latouchella. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eotebenna, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Yochelcionellidae : Eotebenna | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Helcionellida : Yochelcionellidae : Eotebenna | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Eotebenna Runnegar & Jell, 1976 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Alcheringa 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 520 - 516 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 507 - 501 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | slow-moving (based on Yochelcionellidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Yochelcionellidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | grazer (based on Yochelcionellidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | B. Runnegar and P.A. Jell. 1976. Australian Middle Cambrian molluscs and their bearing on early molluscan evolution. Alcheringa 1(1/2):109-132 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eotebenna |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Eotebenna arctica ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 516 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian | |
| Eotebenna papilio ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian | |
| Eotebenna pontifex ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 507 Ma Cambrian | |
| Eotebenna recta ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 520 Ma Cambrian | |
| Eotebenna viviannae ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian | |
| Yochelcionella recta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1976 | Eotebenna Runnegar and Jell |
| 1989 | Eotebenna Missarzhevsky p. 178 |
| 1992 | Eotebenna Bengtson p. 1026 |
| 2002 | Eotebenna Parkhaev p. 36 |
| 2002 | Eotebenna Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2004 | Eotebenna Gubanov et al. p. 10 |
| 2020 | Eotebenna Wagner |
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!
