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Tuarangiidae
Description | Tuarangia is a Cambrian shelly fossil interpreted as an early bivalve, though alternative classifications have been proposed and its systematic position remains controversial. It is the only genus in the extinct family Tuarangiidae and order Tuarangiida. The genus is known solely from Middle to Late Cambrian fossils found in Europe and New Zealand. The genus currently contains two accepted species, Tuarangia gravgaerdensis and the type species Tuarangia paparua. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuarangiidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Tuarangiidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Tuarangiida : Tuarangiidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Tuarangiidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | MacKinnon, D. I. (1982). Tuarangia paparua, n. gen. and n. sp., a late Middle Cambrian pelecypod from New Zealand. Journal of Paleontology. 56(3):589–598, 2 pl. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 513 - 501 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Bivalvia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Bivalvia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Bivalvia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. I. Mackinnon. 1982. Tuarangia paparua n. gen. and n. sp., a Late Middle Cambrian pelecypod from New Zealand. Journal of Paleontology 56(3):589-598 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuarangiidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Tuarangia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 504 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1982 | Tuarangiidae Mackinnon |
2010 | Tuarangiidae Bouchet et al. |
2011 | Tuarangiidae Carter et al. p. 5 |
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!