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Bellatara ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pachychilidae : Bellatara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sorbeoconcha : Cerithiidae : Bellatara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Bellatara Strand, 1928 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Arch. Naturgesch., 92, A8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 56.0 - 47.8 Ma Eocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 28.1 - 23.0 Ma Cenozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Cerithiidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | grazer (based on Cerithiidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Bellatara ankaraensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |
Bellatara gomphoceras ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Bellatara janus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Bellatara lozoueti ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 28.1 Ma Oligocene | 28.1 Ma Oligocene | |
Bellatara narica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
Bellatara palaeochroma ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Cerithium (Bellatara) janus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Cerithium gomphoceras species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cerithium naricum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cerithium palaeochroma species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Bellardia Mayer, 1870 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pachychilidae : Bellardia |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1870 | Cerithium (Bellatara) Mayer p. 117 |
1928 | Bellatara Strand |
2002 | Bellatara Sepkoski, Jr. |
2004 | Bellatara Harzhauser p. 117 |
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!