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Yunnanophorus qiaotouensis ✝

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	384967	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=384967

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Uniomorphi	Gray 1854
-	Unioni	Gray 1854
-	Unionata	Gray 1854
order	Unionida
suborder	Unionidina	Gray 1854
superfamily	Unionoidea
family	Pachycardiidae	Cox 1961
genus	Yunnanophorus	Chen 1976
species	Yunnanophorus qiaotouensis	Lu 1981

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Yunnanophorus qiaotouensis	species	belongs to Yunnanophorus	stated with evidence	Lu, 1981

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

228 - 209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

228 - 209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Environment

freshwater (based on Unionida)

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)

Y.-J. Lu. 1981. Late Triassic lamellibranchs from Datong of Qinghai, NW China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 20(6):577-585

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1981	Yunnanophorus qiaotouensis Lu

Lu Y.-J. (1981) Late Triassic lamellibranchs from Datong of Qinghai, NW China, Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 20 6, 577-585

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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