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Palaeolima ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4594403	https://www.gbif.org/species/4594403
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	16884	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16884

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Limida : Limidae : Palaeolima

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Limidae : Palaeolima

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	Pteriomorphia
-	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Pectinida
suborder	Anomiidina	Gray 1854
-	Limoidei
superfamily	Limoidea
family	Limidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Palaeolima	Hind 1903

Scientific Name

Palaeolima Hind, 1903

Name Published In

(Pal. Soc. Monogr.) Brit. Carbon. Lamell., 2, pt. 2

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Palaeolima	genus	belongs to Pelecypoda	stated without evidence	Elias, 1958
Palaeolima	genus	belongs to Limidae	stated without evidence	Vokes, 1980
Palaeolima	genus	belongs to Pterioida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Palaeolima	genus	belongs to Limidae	stated without evidence	Ros-Franch et al., 2014

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

365 - 361 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian

Last Recorded Appearance

228 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic

Environment

marine (based on Pectinida)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Limidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Limidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Limidae)

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
Avicula triplistriata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lima chekiangensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lima dieneri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lima footei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lima kasanensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lima krotowi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lima laticostata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lima retifera ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Palaeolima afanasievi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Palaeolima anfuensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Palaeolima antinaoensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	323 Ma Carboniferous	323 Ma Carboniferous
Palaeolima chekiangensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	265 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Palaeolima dieneri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		7	265 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Palaeolima fasciculicostata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	260 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Palaeolima footei ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	260 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Palaeolima hunanensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	260 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Palaeolima jiaheensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Palaeolima kasanensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	279 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Palaeolima krotowi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	296 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Palaeolima laticostata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	307 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Palaeolima middlemissi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	260 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Palaeolima minima ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	260 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Palaeolima nakamurai ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Palaeolima petaline ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Palaeolima retifera ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		16	318 Ma Carboniferous	279 Ma Permian
Palaeolima sichuanensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Palaeolima simplex ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		7	336 Ma Carboniferous	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Paleolima triplistriata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	306 Ma Carboniferous	306 Ma Carboniferous

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Palaeolima anshunensis Xu, 1980	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Limida : Limidae : Palaeolima : *Palaeolima anshunensis*
Paleolima Hind, 1903	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Limida : Limidae : *Paleolima*
Palaeolima planocosta Xu, 1980	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Limida : Limidae : Palaeolima : *Palaeolima planocosta*
Palaeolima striatocostata Xu, 1980	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Limida : Limidae : Palaeolima : *Palaeolima striatocostata*
Palaeolima nodosocostata Xu, 1980	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Limida : Limidae : Palaeolima : *Palaeolima nodosocostata*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1903	Palaeolima Hind
1958	Paleolima Elias p. 775
1980	Palaeolima Vokes p. 62
1980	Palaeolima planocosta Xu p. 4
1980	Palaeolima anshunensis Xu p. 6
1980	Palaeolima nodosocostata Xu p. 8
1980	Palaeolima striatocostata Xu p. 12
2002	Palaeolima Sepkoski, Jr.
2014	Palaeolima Ros-Franch et al.

References

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

Elias M. K. (1958) Late Mississippian fauna of the Redoak Hollow Formation of southern Oklahoma. Part IV. Gastropoda, scaphopoda, cephalopoda, thoracica, and problematica, Journal of Paleontology 32 1, 1-57

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

Ros-Franch S., Márquez-Aliaga A., et al (2014) Comprehensive database on Induan (Lower Triassic) to Sinemurian (Lower Jurassic) marine bivalve genera and their paleobiogeographic record, Paleontological Contributions 8, 1-219

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

(Pal. Soc. Monogr.) Brit. Carbon. Lamell., 2, pt. 2 - 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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