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Cernina
| Description | Cernina (Rusyn: Цернина, Hungarian: Felsőcsernye) is a village and municipality in Svidník District in the Prešov Region of north-eastern Slovakia. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cernina, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Architaenioglossa : Ampullinidae : Cernina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Cernina Gray, 1842 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Syn. Cont. Brit. Mus., ed. 44 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 105 - 100 Ma Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Ampullinoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | grazer (based on Ampullinoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | T. Kase and M. Ishikawa. 2003. Mystery of naticid predation history solved: Evidence from a "livin fossil" species. Geology 31(5):403-406 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cernina |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Cernina (Deshayesia) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 41.3 Ma Eocene | 41.3 Ma Eocene | |
| Cernina (Eocernina) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 80 | 61.6 Ma Paleocene | 37.2 Ma Eocene | |
| Cernina carlei ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 28.1 Ma Oligocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
| Cernina chiapasensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cernina fluctuata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Natica carlei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1842 | Cernina Gray |
| 1919 | Ampullina (Cernina) Cossmann and Peyrot |
| 1928 | Ampullina (Cernina) Vredenburg p. 400 |
| 1938 | Cernina Turner p. 87 |
| 1961 | Globularia (Cernina) Dey |
| 1977 | Globularia (Cernina) Ladd p. 27 |
| 1989 | Cernina Majima p. 28 |
| 1995 | Cernina Pacaud and Le Renard p. 163 |
| 2003 | Cernina Kase and Ishikawa p. 403 |
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!
