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Admetidae
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Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Admetidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (33%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 133 - 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | I.V. Blagovetshenskiy and I.A. Shumilkin. 2006. Gastropod Mollusks from the Hauterivian of Ulyanovsk (Volga Region): 2. Genera Khetella Beisel, 1977 and Cretadmete gen. nov. Paleontological Journal 40(2):29-33 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Cretadmete ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1869 | Admetidae Troschel |
2006 | Admetidae Blagovetshenskiy and Shumilkin pp. 143, 147 |
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!