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Nuculana parkei

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)9050196https://www.gbif.org/species/9050196
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)385328https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=385328
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae : Nuculana : Nuculana parkei
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae : Nuculana : Nuculana parkei
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
orderProtobranchiaPelseneer 1889
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyNuculanidaeAdams and Adams 1858
genusNuculanaLink 1807
speciesNuculana parkeiAnderson and Hanna 1925
Generic NameNuculana
Scientific NameNuculana parkei
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Nuculana parkeispeciesbelongs to Nuculanastated with evidenceAnderson and Hanna, 1925
Nuculana parkeispeciesbelongs to Nuculanastated without evidenceTurner, 1938
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Environmentcoastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic (based on Nuculanidae)
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Nuculanidae)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietdeposit feeder, suspension feeder (based on Nuculanidae)
Ontogenyaccretion (based on Nuculanidae)
Taphonomyaragonite,thin,minor ribbing (based on Nuculanidae)
Primary Reference (PBDB)F. E. Turner. 1938. Stratigraphy and Mollusca of the Eocene of western Oregon. Geological Society of America Special Paper (10):1-130

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Nuculana parkei coosensis
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Nuculana parkei parkei
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1925Nuculana parkei Anderson and Hanna
1938Nuculana parkei Turner p. 42

References

Turner F. E. (1938) Stratigraphy and Mollusca of the Eocene of western Oregon, Geological Society of America Special Paper 10, 1-130
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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