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Prothyris ✝
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Grammysiidae : Prothyris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 419 - 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 279 - 272 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Bivalvia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Bivalvia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (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
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Prothyris (Amphikoilum) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
Prothyris (Lophoprothyris) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 331 Ma Carboniferous | 331 Ma Carboniferous | |
Prothyris (Prothyris) acuticarinata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 339 Ma Carboniferous | 339 Ma Carboniferous | |
Prothyris (Prothyris) cilindricus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
Prothyris contorta ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Prothyris elongatus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 304 Ma Carboniferous | 304 Ma Carboniferous | |
Prothyris recta ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Prothyris soleniformis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 331 Ma Carboniferous | 331 Ma Carboniferous | |
Prothyris stubblefieldi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1871 | Prothyris (Prothyris) Meek |
1957 | Solen (Prothyris) Elias p. 743 |
1989 | Prothyris Hoare et al. p. 594 |
2002 | Prothyris Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!