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Tetradellidae ✝
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Palaeocopida : Tetradellidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Tetradellidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Tetradellidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 393 - 388 Ma Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | hypersaline,marine,brackish,freshwater (based on Ostracoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Ostracoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Ostracoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Ostracoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | S. Bengtson. 1992. Proterozoic and earliest Cambrian skeletal metazoans. In J.W. Schopf, C. Klein (eds.), The Proterozoic Biosphere: A Multidisciplinary Study |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Bassleratiinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 48 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Piretellinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Tetradellinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 171 | 485 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Aulacopsis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
| Ctenobolbina ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 37 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 423 Ma Silurian | |
| Deefgella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Dilobella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 439 Ma Silurian | |
| Foramenella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Glossomorphites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Hesslandella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Hippula ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Huckea ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Lomatobolbina ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Opikium ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Pentagona ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Polyceratella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Severella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 13 | 458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 426 Ma Silurian | |
| Seviculina ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Sigmobolbina ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 28 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Tetradella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 87 | 468 Ma Middle Ordovician | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Ushkarella ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Vittella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Winchellatia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 39 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Dilobellla texana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1936 | Tetradellidae Swartz |
| 1953 | Tetradellidae Henningsmoen |
| 1992 | Tetradellidae Bengtson p. 1022 |
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!
