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Prothyris

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)160151https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=160151
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Grammysiidae : Prothyris
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
-EubivalviaCarter 2011
subclassAutobranchia
infraclassHeteroconchia
-CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
-CardioniFerussac 1822
-CardiidiaFerussac 1822
superfamilyGrammysioideaMiller 1877
familyGrammysiidaeMiller 1877
genusProthyrisMeek 1871
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Prothyrissubgenusbelongs to Prothyrisstated without evidenceMeek, 1871
Prothyrissubgenusbelongs to Solenstated without evidenceElias, 1957
Prothyrisgenusbelongs to Grammysiidaestated with evidenceHoare et al., 1989
Prothyrisgenusbelongs to Veneroidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)12
First Recorded Appearance419 - 411 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Last Recorded Appearance279 - 272 Ma
Permian
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Bivalvia)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Bivalvia)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Bivalvia)
Primary Reference (PBDB)F. B. Meek. 1871. A preliminary list of fossils collected by Dr. Hayden in Colorado, New Mexico, and California, with brief descriptions of a few of the new species. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 11:425-431

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Prothyris (Amphikoilum)
subgenus
listed (PBDB)1279 Ma
Permian
279 Ma
Permian
Prothyris (Lophoprothyris)
subgenus
listed (PBDB)2331 Ma
Carboniferous
331 Ma
Carboniferous
Prothyris (Prothyris) acuticarinata
species
listed (PBDB)3339 Ma
Carboniferous
339 Ma
Carboniferous
Prothyris (Prothyris) cilindricus
species
listed (PBDB)2279 Ma
Permian
279 Ma
Permian
Prothyris contorta
species
listed (PBDB)5365 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
365 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Prothyris elongatus
species
listed (PBDB)1304 Ma
Carboniferous
304 Ma
Carboniferous
Prothyris recta
species
listed (PBDB)
Prothyris soleniformis
species
listed (PBDB)2331 Ma
Carboniferous
331 Ma
Carboniferous
Prothyris stubblefieldi
species
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1871Prothyris (Prothyris) Meek
1957Solen (Prothyris) Elias p. 743
1989Prothyris Hoare et al. p. 594
2002Prothyris Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Meek F. B. A preliminary list of fossils collected by Dr. Hayden in Colorado, New Mexico, and California, with brief descriptions of a few of the new species., Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 11, 425-431
Elias M. K. (1957) Late Mississippian fauna from the Redoak Hollow Formation of southern Oklahoma. Part III. Pelecypoda, Journal of Paleontology 31 4, 737-784
Hoare R. D., Heaney M. J., III, et al (1989) Bivalves (Mollusca) from the Imo Formation (Mississippian, Chesterian) of North-Central Arkansas, Journal of Paleontology 63 5, 582-603
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
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!
 
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