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Paleyoldia ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4587987	https://www.gbif.org/species/4587987
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	16096	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16096

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae : Paleyoldia

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Sareptidae : Paleyoldia

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	Nuculaniformii	Carter et al. 2000
order	Nuculanida
superfamily	Nuculanoidea	Adams and Adams 1858
family	Sareptidae	Adams 1860
subfamily	Yoldiinae
genus	Paleyoldia	Lintz 1958

Scientific Name

Paleyoldia Lintz, 1958

Name Published In

J. Paleont. 32

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Paleyoldia	genus	belongs to Yoldinae	stated with evidence	Lintz, 1958
Paleyoldia	genus	belongs to Nuculanidae	stated without evidence	Vokes, 1980
Paleyoldia	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

265 - 260 Ma
Permian

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Sareptidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

deposit feeder (based on Sareptidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. Lintz, Jr. 1958. The fauna of the Ames and Brush Creek shales of the Conemaugh Formation of western Maryland. Journal of Paleontology 32(1):97-112

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Leda levistriata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paleyoldia angustia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	331 Ma Carboniferous	331 Ma Carboniferous
Paleyoldia bruta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	331 Ma Carboniferous	331 Ma Carboniferous
Paleyoldia glabra ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		35	331 Ma Carboniferous	303 Ma Carboniferous
Paleyoldia levistriata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	339 Ma Carboniferous	339 Ma Carboniferous
Yoldia glabra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1958	Paleyoldia Lintz, Jr. p. 108
1980	Paleyoldia Vokes p. 6
2002	Paleyoldia Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Lintz, Jr. J. (1958) The fauna of the Ames and Brush Creek shales of the Conemaugh Formation of western Maryland, Journal of Paleontology 32 1, 97-112

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

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

J. Paleont. 32 - 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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