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Dimorphotectus ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Dimorphotectus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Proconulidae : Dimorphotectus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Dimorphotectus Cossmann, 1918 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Essais Paléoconch. comp., 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 237 - 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 172 - 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Trochoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | grazer (based on Trochoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
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Dimorphotectus bicarinatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Dimorphotectus unicarinatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Dimorphotectus yunnanensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | |
Flemmingia acutecarinata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Flemmingia bicarinata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Flemmingia bistriata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Flemmingia granulata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Flemmingia laticostata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Trochus acuticarinatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Trochus bistriatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Trochus laticostatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1894 | Flemmingia Kittl |
1918 | Dimorphotectus Cossmann |
1960 | Dimorphotectus Knight et al. p. 248 |
1981 | Dimorphotectus Szabo p. 58 |
2002 | Dimorphotectus Sepkoski, Jr. |
2002 | Flemmingia Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!