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Floripatella ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Tergomya : Archinacellida : Archinacellidae : Floripatella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 466 - 458 Ma Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 450 - 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Archinacellida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Tergomya) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | grazer (based on Archinacellida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. L. Yochelson. 1988. A new genus of Patellacea (Gastropoda) from the Middle Ordovician of Utah: the oldest known example of the superfamily. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Memoir 44:195-200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Floripatella humilis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 8 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Floripatella irregularis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Floripatella orphyne ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Floripatella quebecensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Floripatella rousseaui ✝ species | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1988 | Floripatella Yochelson |
| 2002 | Floripatella Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!
