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Cyrtolitidae ✝
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Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Tergomya : Cyrtonellida : Cyrtolitidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 501 - 485 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 388 - 383 Ma Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | slow-moving (based on Cyrtonellida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Tergomya) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | grazer (based on Cyrtonellida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | S. A. Miller. 1889. North American geology and palaeontology for the use of amateurs, students and scientists |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1889 | Cyrtolitidae Miller |
1960 | Cyrtolitidae Knight et al. p. 173 |
1970 | Cyrtolitidae Starobogatov p. 300 |
1976 | Cyrtolitidae Runnegar and Jell p. 118 |
1992 | Cyrtolitidae Horný |
1992 | Cyrtolitidae Wahlman |
1999 | Cyrtolitidae Frýda p. 317 |
2000 | Cyrtolitidae Ebbestad and Yochelson |
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!