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Eodictyoptychus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4594610	https://www.gbif.org/species/4594610
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	18567	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=18567

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Trechmannellidae : Eodictyoptychus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Trechmannellidae : Eodictyoptychus

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	Trechmannellidae	Cox 1934
genus	Eodictyoptychus	Skelton & El-Asa'ad 1992

Scientific Name

Eodictyoptychus Skelton & El-Asa'ad, 1992

Name Published In

Geol Rom 28

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Eodictyoptychus	genus	belongs to Hippuritoida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Eodictyoptychus	genus	belongs to Dictyoptychidae	stated without evidence	Kiessling, 2003
Eodictyoptychus	genus	belongs to Trechmannellidae	stated with evidence	Skelton, 2013

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

83.5 - 70.6 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 Hippuritida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

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

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Eodictyoptychus arumaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1992	Eodictyoptychus Skelton and El-Asa'ad pp. 108-110
2002	Eodictyoptychus Sepkoski, Jr.
2003	Eodictyoptychus Kiessling
2013	Eodictyoptychus Skelton

References

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

Kiessling W. (2003) Personal data

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

WoRMS (Nov 2016). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Geol Rom 28 - 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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