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Bournonia ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4591834	https://www.gbif.org/species/4591834
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	18543	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=18543

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Radiolitidae : Bournonia

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Radiolitidae : Bournonia

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
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Hippuritida
suborder	Radiolitidina	Skelton 2013
superfamily	Radiolitoidea	Gray 1848
family	Radiolitidae	Gray 1848
genus	Bournonia	P.Fischer 1887

Scientific Name

Bournonia P.Fischer, 1887

Name Published In

Man. Conch.,

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Bournonia	genus	belongs to Hippuritoida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Bournonia	genus	belongs to Radiolitidae	stated without evidence	Steuber, 2002
Bournonia	genus	belongs to Radiolitidae	stated with evidence	Skelton, 2013

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

marine (based on Hippuritida)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Hippuritida)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Hippuritida)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite, aragonite (based on Radiolitidae)

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
Bournonia bournoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Bournonia excavata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		41	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Bournonia fascicularis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Bournonia gardonica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Bournonia judaica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1887	Bournonia Fischer
2002	Bournonia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Bournonia Steuber
2013	Bournonia Skelton

References

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

Steuber T. (2002) Web Catalogue of the Hippuritoidea (rudist bivalves), http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/sediment/rudinet/index.htm

Skelton P. W. (2013) Rudist classification for the revised Bivalvia volumes of the "Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology", Caribbean Journal of Earth Science 45, 9-33

Skelton, P. W. (2013). Rudist classification for the revised Bivalvia volumes of the ‘Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology.'. Caribbean Journal of Earth Science. 45, 9-33. - via World Register of Marine Species

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

Man. Conch., - 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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