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Aenona eufaulensis ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4949812	https://www.gbif.org/species/4949812
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	58999	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=58999

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tellinidae : Aenona : Aenona eufaulensis

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tellinidae : Aenona : Aenona eufaulensis

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	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioidei	Ferussac 1822
superfamily	Tellinoidea
family	Tellinidae	Blainville 1814
subfamily	Tellininae	Blainville 1814
genus	Aenona	Conrad 1870
species	Aenona eufaulensis	Conrad 1860

Generic Name

Aenona

Scientific Name

Aenona eufaulensis Conrad, 1860

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Aenona eufaulensis	species	belongs to Aenona	stated without evidence	Wade, 1926

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Tellinidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

deposit feeder (based on Tellinidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Tellinidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

B. Wade. 1926. The fauna of the Ripley formation on Coon creek, Tennessee. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 137:1-272

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1860	Aenona eufaulensis Conrad
1926	Aenona eufaulensis Wade p. 92

References

Wade B. (1926) The fauna of the Ripley formation on Coon creek, Tennessee, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 137, 1-272

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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