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Quasillitidae ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Podocopida : Quasillitidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Quasillitidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 359 - 354 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 254 - 252 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | hypersaline,marine,brackish,freshwater (based on Ostracoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Ostracoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Ostracoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | detritivore, grazer (based on Podocopida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Ostracoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. H. Yuan and S. Crasquin-Soleau. 2007. Systematic Descriptions, in Latest Permian deep-water ostracods from southwestern Guangxi, south China. Journal of Micropalaeontology 26:169-191 |
External Images
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Absina ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 254 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Crasquinia ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 290 Ma Permian | 290 Ma Permian | |
| Euglyphella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 19 | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | |
| Fascianella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 272 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Graphiadactyllis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 133 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Graphiadactylloides ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 18 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 296 Ma Permian | |
| Jenningsina ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Ovatoquasillites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | 384 Ma Middle Devonian | |
| Ponderodictya ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 18 | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Quasillites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 26 | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | 345 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Svantovites genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Strepula sigmoidalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1936 | Quasillitidae Coryell and Malkin |
| 2007 | Quasillitidae Yuan and Crasquin-Soleau p. 183 |
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!
