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Barroisocaulus ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Murchisoniidae : Barroisocaulus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 411 - 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 403 - 392 Ma Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Murchisoniidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Murchisoniidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. P. Gubanov, R. B. Blodgett, and V. N. Lytochkin. 1995. Early Devonian (Pragian) gastropods from Kyrgyzstan (central Asia). Journal of Paleontology 69(3):431-440 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Goniasma asiatica ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Murchisonia davyi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Murchisonia kayseri ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Barroisocaulus oliveri ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Murchisonia semiornata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 403 Ma Early/Lower Devonian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1995 | Barroisocaulus Gubanov et al. |
| 2002 | Barroisucaulus Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2020 | Barroisocaulus Wagner |
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!
