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Neilsonia ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Gosseletinidae : Neilsonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Gosseletinidae : Neilsonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Neilsonia Thomas, 1940 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Trans. Geol. Soc. Glasgow, 20 (1), 36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 354 - 343 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 254 - 252 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Murchisoniina) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Murchisoniina) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. G. Thomas. 1940. Revision of the Scottish Carboniferous Pleurotomariidae. Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasgow 20:30-72 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Murchisonia insculpta ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 345 Ma Carboniferous | 345 Ma Carboniferous | |
Murchisonia uninodocarinata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 354 Ma Carboniferous | 354 Ma Carboniferous | |
Neilsonia coatesi ✝ species | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 318 Ma Carboniferous | 318 Ma Carboniferous | |
Neilsonia ganneyica ✝ species | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 318 Ma Carboniferous | 318 Ma Carboniferous | |
Neilsonia invisitata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Neilsonia kempseyensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Neilsonia laticincta ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
Neilsonia nuda ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 272 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian | |
Neilsonia roscobiensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 336 Ma Carboniferous | 336 Ma Carboniferous | |
Neilsonia texana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Neilsonia welleri ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 339 Ma Carboniferous | 326 Ma Carboniferous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1940 | Neilsonia Thomas p. 46 |
1960 | Neilsonia Knight et al. p. 207 |
2002 | Neilsonia Sepkoski, Jr. |
2005 | Neilsonia Bouchet et al. p. 114 |
2015 | Neilsonia Mazaev p. 888 |
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!