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Viriatellina ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Nowakiidae : Viriatellina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Tentaculita : Nowakiida : Nowakiidae : Viriatellina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Viriatellina Boucek, 1964 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | The tentaculites of Bohemia: their morphology, taxonomy, ecology, phylogeny and biostratigraphy. Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences Prague | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 423 - 419 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 383 - 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Tentaculita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Tentaculita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Tentaculita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Tentaculita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | N. M. Farsan. 1994. Tentaculiten: Ontogenese, Systematik, Phylogenese, Biostratonomie und Morphologie 547:1-128 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Viriatellina assaensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Viriatellina hercynica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Viriatellina hercynika species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Viriatellina heterocostulata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Viriatellina pseudogeintziana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Viriatellina weberi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Viriatellina willowensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1964 | Viriatellina Boucek |
| 1994 | Viriatellina Farsan p. 53 figs. Table 9 |
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!
