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Archimedes ✝
| Description | Archimedes of Syracuse (Greek: Αρχιμήδης, translit. Archimídis Greek pronunciation: [ar.ç̠iˈmi.ðis̠]; Ancient Greek: Ἀρχιμήδης, romanized: Arkhimḗdēs Doric Greek: [ar.kʰi.mɛː.dɛ̂ːs]; c. 287 – c. 212 BC) was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. Although few details of his life are known, he is regarded as one of the leading scientists in classical antiquity. Generally considered the greatest mathematician of antiquity and one of the greatest of all time, Archimedes anticipated modern calculus and analysis by applying concepts of infinitesimals and the method of exhaustion to derive and rigorously prove a range of geometrical theorems, including the area of a circle, the surface area and volume of a sphere, and the area under a parabola. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Fenestellidae : Archimedes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Archimedes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 359 - 345 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 272 - 269 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Stenolaemata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Stenolaemata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Stenolaemata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Fenestellidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Archimedes communis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Archimedes compactus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Archimedes conferatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Archimedes confertus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Archimedes distans species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Archimedes gillulyi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Archimedes girtyi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Archimedes grandis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Archimedes intermedius species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Archimedes invaginatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Archimedes kentuckiensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Archimedes lativolvis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Archimedes negligens species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Archimedes oquirrhensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Archimedes orientalis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 296 Ma Permian | 296 Ma Permian | |
| Archimedes proutanus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Archimedes regina ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 347 Ma Carboniferous | 347 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Archimedes stuckenbergi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 296 Ma Permian | 296 Ma Permian | |
| Archimedes terebriformis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Archimedes welleri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Archimedes williamsi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Archimedes wortheni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1986 | Archimedes Morozova and Kruchinina p. 90 |
| 2002 | Archimedes 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!
