Source Data | |
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Rank | species (PBDB) |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Plicatulidae : Plicatula : Plicatula hekiensis |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Plicatula hekiensis | species | belongs to Plicatula | stated with evidence | Nakazawa, 1955 |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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First Recorded Appearance | 237 - 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
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Last Recorded Appearance | 222 - 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
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Environment | marine (based on Pectinida) |
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Motility | stationary, attached, epibiont (based on Plicatula) |
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Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) |
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Diet | suspension feeder (based on Plicatula) |
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Taphonomy | low Mg calcite, aragonite (based on Pectinida) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. R. Newton, M. T. Whalen, and J. B. Thompson, N. Prins, D. Delallia. 1987. Systematics and paleoecology of Norian (Late Triassic) bivalves from a tropical island arc: Wallowa Terrane, Oregan. Memoir - Paleontological Society 22:1-83 |
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