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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4593199	https://www.gbif.org/species/4593199
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	17175	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17175

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Trigonodidae : Unionites

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Trigonodidae : Unionites

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Uniomorphi	Gray 1854
-	Unioni	Gray 1854
-	Unionata	Gray 1854
order	Trigoniida
superfamily	Trigonodoidea	Modell 1942
family	Trigonodidae	Modell 1942
genus	Unionites	Wissman 1841

Scientific Name

Unionites Wissman, 1841

Name Published In

in Münster, Beitr. zur Petref., (4

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Unionites	genus	belongs to Trigonodidae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Unionites	genus	belongs to Unionoida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

254 - 252 Ma
Permian

Last Recorded Appearance

209 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Trigoniida)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Trigoniida)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

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
Anodonta gregaria species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anodonta lettica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anodontophora borealis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anodontophora breviformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anodontophora elisabethae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anodontophora griesbachi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anodontophora manmuensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anodontophora minima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anodontophora ovalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anodontophora postera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anodontophora subrecta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anodontophora trapezoidalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anoplophora albertii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myacites brevis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myacites fassaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Unionites albertii ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Unionites bittneri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	252 Ma Permian	252 Ma Permian
Unionites borealis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	252 Ma Permian	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Unionites breviformis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		17	252 Ma Permian	252 Ma Permian
Unionites brevis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	242 Ma Middle Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Unionites donacinus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	242 Ma Middle Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Unionites elisabethae ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Unionites fassaensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		95	252 Ma Permian	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Unionites gregarius ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Unionites griesbachi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		23	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Unionites guizhouensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Unionites letticus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Unionites manmuensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Unionites minimus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Unionites muensteri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Unionites ovalis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	237 Ma Middle Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Unionites posterus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Unionites rhomboidalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Unionites sorokovi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Unionites spicatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Unionites subrectus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		14	252 Ma Permian	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Unionites trapezoidalis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Venulites donacinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1841	Unionites Wissman
1980	Unionites Vokes p. 95
2002	Unionites Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

in Münster, Beitr. zur Petref., (4 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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!

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