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Nuculopsis ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3247869	https://www.gbif.org/species/3247869
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	16089	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16089

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Nuculidae : Nuculopsis

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Nuculidae : Nuculopsis

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
order	Protobranchia	Pelseneer 1889
superorder	Nuculiformii	Dall 1889
order	Nuculida
superfamily	Nuculoidea	(Gray 1824)
family	Nuculidae	Gray 1824
genus	Nuculopsis	Girty 1911

Scientific Name

Nuculopsis Girty, 1911

Name Published In

Ann. N. York Acad. Sci., 21

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Nuculopsis	subgenus	belongs to Nucula	stated with evidence	Woodring, 1925
Nuculopsis	genus	belongs to Nuculidae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Nuculopsis	genus	belongs to Nuculoida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

408 - 393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian

Last Recorded Appearance

72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

coastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic (based on Nuculidae)

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Nuculidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

deposit feeder, suspension feeder (based on Nuculidae)

Ontogeny

accretion (based on Nuculidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite,thin,minor ribbing (based on Nuculidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

G. H. Girty. 1912. On some new genera and species of Pennsylvanian fossils from the Wewoka Formation of Oklahoma. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 21(2):119-156

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Nuculopsis (Nuculopsis) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		1	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Nucula alta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nucula beyrichii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nucula glendonensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nucula lipoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nucula montpelierensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nucula pidhensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nucula poposiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nucula rectangula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nucula shumardana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nucula shumardensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nucula trivialis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nucula wewokana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nucula wymmensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nucula yangtseensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nucula yuani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nuculavus cornutus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nuculopsis alta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		8	269 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Nuculopsis anthraconeiloides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Nuculopsis beyrichi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		13	318 Ma Carboniferous	254 Ma Permian
Nuculopsis cornutus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Nuculopsis darlingensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	296 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Nuculopsis elongata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	318 Ma Carboniferous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Nuculopsis fujianensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Nuculopsis gibbosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nuculopsis girtyi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		49	318 Ma Carboniferous	254 Ma Permian
Nuculopsis glendonensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	272 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Nuculopsis imperta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	279 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Nuculopsis leiyangensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Nuculopsis lipoensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Nuculopsis monnandi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nuculopsis montanensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nuculopsis montpelierensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		12	279 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Nuculopsis orientalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nuculopsis oviformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	269 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Nuculopsis pidhensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Nuculopsis poposiensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		12	279 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Nuculopsis rectangula ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	331 Ma Carboniferous	331 Ma Carboniferous
Nuculopsis salebrosus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Nuculopsis setorymensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	252 Ma Permian	252 Ma Permian
Nuculopsis shumardana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	345 Ma Carboniferous	331 Ma Carboniferous
Nuculopsis shumardensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Nuculopsis triangularis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Nuculopsis trivialis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		8	279 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Nuculopsis wewokana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		19	318 Ma Carboniferous	314 Ma Carboniferous
Nuculopsis wymmensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		27	279 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Nuculopsis yangtzeensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		6	260 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Nuculopsis yuani ✝ species	listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1912	Nuculopsis Girty
1925	Nucula (Nuculopsis) Woodring p. 12
1980	Nuculopsis Vokes p. 2
2002	Nuculopsis Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Girty G. H. (1912) On some new genera and species of Pennsylvanian fossils from the Wewoka Formation of Oklahoma, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 21 2, 119-156

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

refer synonym source - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Ann. N. York Acad. Sci., 21 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Abh. Schweiz. Pal. Ges., 38 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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!

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