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Groeberellidae ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	7366933	https://www.gbif.org/species/7366933
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	165246	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=165246

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Groeberellidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Groeberellidae

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
-	Uniomorphi	Gray 1854
-	Unioni	Gray 1854
-	Unionata	Gray 1854
order	Trigoniida
superfamily	Trigonioidea	Lamarck 1819
family	Groeberellidae	Pérez et al. 1995

Scientific Name

Groeberellidae

Name Published In

Pérez, E.; Reyes, R.; Damborenea, S. E. (1995). El genero Groeberella Leanza, 1993 y Groeberellidae nov. (Bivalvia: Trigonioida) del Jurasico de Chile y Argentina. Revista Geologica de Chile. 22(2):142–157, pl. 1.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Groeberellidae	family	belongs to Trigoniina	stated with evidence	Pérez et al., 1995
Groeberellidae	family	belongs to Trigoniacea	stated with evidence	Pérez et al., 2008
Groeberellidae	family	belongs to Trigonioida	stated without evidence	Scholz et al., 2008
Groeberellidae	family	belongs to Trigonioidea	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Groeberellidae	family	belongs to Trigonioidea	stated with evidence	Carter et al., 2011

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

199 - 191 Ma
Early Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

176 - 172 Ma
Jurassic

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Trigoniida)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Trigoniida)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

E. Pérez, R. Reyes, and S. E. Damborenea. 1995. El género Groeberella Leanza, 1993 y Groeberellidae nov.(Bivalvia; Trigonioida) del Jurásico de Chile y Argentina. Revista Geológica de Chile 22:143-157

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Groeberella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		14	199 Ma Early Jurassic	176 Ma Early Jurassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1995	Groeberellidae Pérez et al.
2008	Groeberellidae Pérez et al. p. 58
2008	Groeberellidae Scholz et al.
2010	Groeberellidae Bouchet et al.
2011	Groeberellidae Carter et al. p. 11
2014	Groeberellidae Ros-Franch et al.

References

Pérez E., Reyes R., et al (1995) El género Groeberella Leanza, 1993 y Groeberellidae nov.(Bivalvia; Trigonioida) del Jurásico de Chile y Argentina, Revista Geológica de Chile 22, 143-157

Pérez E., Aberhan M., et al (2008) Early Jurassic Bivalvia of northern Chile. Part III. Order Trigonioida, Beringeria 39, 51-102

Scholz A., Aberhan M., et al (2008) Early Jurassic bivalves of the Antimonio terrane (Sonora, NW Mexico): Taxonomy, biogeography, and paleogeographic implications, Geological Society of America Special Paper 442, 269-312

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

Ros-Franch S., Márquez-Aliaga A., et al (2014) Comprehensive database on Induan (Lower Triassic) to Sinemurian (Lower Jurassic) marine bivalve genera and their paleobiogeographic record, Paleontological Contributions 8, 1-219

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

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