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Calyptoptomatida ✝
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| Rank | order (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Calyptoptomatida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 635 - 541 Ma Neoproterozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 501 - 485 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecospace Comments | Epifaunal (McKerrow, 1979). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. M. Mambetov and L. N. Repina. 1979. The Lower Cambrian of the Talassk Ala-Too and its correlation with the sections of Karatau Minor and the Siberian Platform. Rossiiskaya Akademiya Nauk Sibirskoe Otdelenie Trudy Instituta Geologii i Geofiziki 406:98-138 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Camerothecida ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian | |
| Globorilida ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic | 530 Ma Cambrian | |
| Cupithecina ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Persicithecidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Adyshevitheca ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 13 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian | |
| Kygmaeoceras ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Neogloborilus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 520 Ma Cambrian | |
| Phragmotheca ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Quinquelithes ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Stimulitheca ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1962 | Calyptoptomatida Fisher |
| 1979 | Calyptoptomatida Mambetov and Repina p. 127 |
| 1983 | Calyptoptomatida Qian and Zhang p. 84 |
| 1984 | Calyptoptomatida Duan p. 155 |
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!
