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Ceritella ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cephalaspidea : Ceritella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cephalaspida : Ceritella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Ceritella Lycett, 1850 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (2) 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 199 - 191 Ma Early Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 113 - 101 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Ceritella (Ceritellopsis) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
| Ceritella (Fibula) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Ceritella andriacensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Ceritella apenninica ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 199 Ma Early Jurassic | 199 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Ceritella brevis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ceritella concava species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ceritella liasica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ceritella pustulosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ceritella urgonensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Cerithella Philippi, 1853 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cephalaspidea : Cerithella |
| Cerithiella Cossmann, 1896 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cephalaspidea : Cerithiella |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1851 | Ceritella Morris and Lycett |
| 2002 | Ceritella 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!
