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Asgardaspira ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Ophiletidae : Asgardaspira | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Ophiletidae : Asgardaspira | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Asgardaspira Wagner, 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Smithson Contrib Paleobiol 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 472 - 466 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 450 - 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. J. Wagner. 1999. Phylogenetics of the earliest anisostrophically coiled gastropods. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 88:1-132 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Asgardaspira mullockensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Barnesella measuresae ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
Ecculiomphalus potteri ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Lytospira evolvens ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Lytospira gerulus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 468 Ma Middle Ordovician | 468 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
Lytospira norvegica ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Lytospira rectangularis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
Lytospira yochelsoni ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1999 | Asgardaspira Wagner p. 71 fig. 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!