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Cuvierinidae ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cuvierinidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 28.1 - 23.0 Ma Cenozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 20.4 - 16.0 Ma Miocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | B. Cahuzac and A. W. Janssen. 2010. Eocene to Miocene holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda) of the Aquitaine Basin, southwest France. Scripta geologica 141:1-193 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Ireneia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
Johnjagtia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
Spoelia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 28.1 Ma Oligocene | 28.1 Ma Oligocene |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1840 | Cuvierinidae Gray |
2010 | Cuvierinidae Cahuzac and Janssen |
References
Cahuzac B., Janssen A. W. (2010) Eocene to Miocene holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda) of the Aquitaine Basin, southwest France, Scripta geologica 141, 1-193 |
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!