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Spirulida
Description | Spirulida is an order of cephalopods comprising one extant species (Spirula spirula) and several extinct taxa. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirulida, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | order | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Spirulida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Spirulida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (18%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | fast-moving (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. Doyle, D. T. Donovan, and M. Nixon. 1994. Phylogeny and systematics of the Coleoidea. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 5:1-15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirulida |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Belemnoseidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Belopteriidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Belosepiellidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Groenlandibelidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Spirulidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Spirulirostridae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 16.0 Ma Miocene | |
Spirulirostrinidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Vasseuridae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Vasseuriidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Oligorostra genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1919 | Spirulida Stolley |
1994 | Spirulida Doyle et al. p. 6 |
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!