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Bellerophontoidea ✝
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| Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Bellerophontoidea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1,001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 485 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 50.3 - 46.2 Ma Eocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | slow-moving (based on Bellerophontoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | detritivore (based on Bellerophontoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecospace Comments | ECOSPACE CODE: 322. LIFE HISTORY: Surficial, fully motile slow, surface deposit feeding according to Bambach et al (2007). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Bellerophontida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | F. M'Coy. 1851. On some new Silurian Mollusca. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology 77:45-63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Bellerophontidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1,964 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 182 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Bucanellidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 53 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | |
| Bucaniidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 683 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 50.3 Ma Eocene | |
| Cymbulariidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Euphemitidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 750 | 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Knightitidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Plectonotidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 276 | 468 Ma Middle Ordovician | 354 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Pterothecidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 147 | 470 Ma Middle Ordovician | 384 Ma Middle Devonian | |
| Sinuitidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 368 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Temnodiscidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 56 | 468 Ma Middle Ordovician | 445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Yochelsoniidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Blodgettinotus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Thoralispira ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 20 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1851 | Bellerophontacea M'Coy |
| 1960 | Bellerophontacea Knight et al. p. 171 |
| 1977 | Bellerophontacea Yochelson |
| 1992 | Bellerophontacea Wahlman p. 63 |
| 2005 | Bellerophontoidea Bouchet et al. p. 241 |
| 2016 | Bellerophontoidea Nützel and Ketwetsuriya p. 484 |
| 2020 | Bellerophontoidea Wagner p. HT208 |
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!
