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Kirengella ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Tergomya : Tryblidiida : Kirengellidae : Kirengella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 513 - 499 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Tryblidiida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Tergomya) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | grazer (based on Tryblidiida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | S. N. Rozov. 1968. A new genus of Late Cambiran mollusks of the Class Monoplacophora (Southern Part of the Siberian Platform). Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, vol., no., pp.-, 1968 183(6):1427-1430 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Kirengella alta ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Kirengella ayaktchica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Kirengella expansus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Kirengella kultavasaensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Kirengella oregonensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Kirengella pyramidalis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Kirengella rectilateralis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Kirengella stabilis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Kirengella washingtonense ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1968 | Kirengella Rozov p. 214 |
| 1970 | Kirengella Starobogatov p. 302 |
| 1975 | Kirengella Rozov |
| 1976 | Kiringella Runnegar and Jell p. 117 |
| 2002 | Kirengella Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2002 | Kirengella Stinchcomb and Angeli p. 969 |
| 2020 | Kirengella Ponder et al. |
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!
