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Eritropidae ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4941865	https://www.gbif.org/species/4941865
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	90092	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=90092

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Eritropidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Afghanodesmatida : Eritropidae

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
order	Protobranchia	Pelseneer 1889
superorder	Nuculaniformii	Carter et al. 2000
order	Afghanodesmatida	Carter 2011
superfamily	Afghanodesmatoidea	Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979
family	Eritropidae	Cope 2000

Scientific Name

Eritropidae

Name Published In

Cope, J. C. W. (2000). A new look at early bivalve phylogeny. In E. M. Harper, J. D. Taylor, & J. A. Crame, eds., The evolutionary biology of the Bivalvia. Geological Society of London, Special Publication. 177:vi + p. 1–494, p. 81–95.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Eritropidae	family	belongs to Protobranchia	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Eritropidae	family	belongs to Afghanodesmatoidea	stated without evidence	Carter et al., 2011

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

467 - 461 Ma
Middle Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

464 - 458 Ma
Middle Ordovician

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Bivalvia)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Bivalvia)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

Z.-J. Fang. 2006. An introduction to Ordovician bivalves of southern China, with a discussion of the early evolution of the Bivalvia. Geological Journal 41:303-328

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Eritropis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	467 Ma Middle Ordovician	464 Ma Middle Ordovician

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
2000	Eritropidae Cope
2010	Eritropidae Bouchet et al.
2011	Eritropidae Carter et al. p. 6

References

Fang Z.-J. (2006) An introduction to Ordovician bivalves of southern China, with a discussion of the early evolution of the Bivalvia, Geological Journal 41, 303-328

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Carter J. G., Altaba C. R., et al (2011) A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca), University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4, 1-47

Carter, J. G.; Altaba, C. R.; Anderson, L. C.; Araujo, R.; Biakov, A. S.; Bogan, A. E.; Campbell, D. C.; Campbell, M.; Jin-hua, C.; Cope, J. C. W.; Delvene, G.; Dijkstra, H. H.; Zong-jie, F.; Gardner, R. N.; Gavrilova, V. A.; Goncharova, I. A.; Harries, P. J.; Hartman, J. H.; Hautmann, M.; Hoeh, W. R.; Hylleberg, J.; Bao-yu, J.; Johnston, P.; Kirkendale, L.; Kleemann, K.; Koppka, J.; Kříž, J.; Machado, D.; Malchus, N.; Márquez-Aliaga, A.; Masse, J.-P.; McRoberts, C. A.; Middelfart, P.U.; Mitchell, S.; Nevesskaja, L. A.; Özer, S.; Pojeta, J. Jr.; Polubotko, I.V.; Pons, J. M.; Popov, S.; Sánchez, T.; Sartori, A. F.; Scott, R. W.; Sey, I. I.; Signorelli, J. H.; Silantiev, V. V.; Skelton, P. W.; Steuber, T.; Waterhouse, J. B.; Wingard, G. L.; Yancey, T. (2011). A synoptical classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca). Paleontological Contributions. 4: 1-47. - via World Register of Marine Species

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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