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Afghanodesmatida ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)205304https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=205304
Rankorder (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Afghanodesmatida
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
orderProtobranchiaPelseneer 1889
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderAfghanodesmatidaCarter 2011
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Afghanodesmatidaorderbelongs to Nuculaniformiistated with evidenceCarter et al., 2011
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)8
First Recorded Appearance467 - 461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance464 - 458 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Bivalvia)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Bivalvia)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Bivalvia)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. G. Carter. 2011. New taxonomic names, in A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca). University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4:1-47

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Afghanodesmatoidea
superfamily
listed (PBDB)6467 Ma
Middle Ordovician
464 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Tironuculoidea
superfamily
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2011Afghanodesmatida Carter p. 19
2011Afghanodesmatida Carter et al. p. 6

References

Carter J. G. (2011) New taxonomic names, in A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca), University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4, 1-47
Carter J. G., Altaba C. R., et al (2011) A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca), University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4, 1-47
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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