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Jupiteria (Surojupiteria) dissensa ✝

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	102953	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=102953

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae : Jupiteria : Jupiteria (Surojupiteria) dissensa

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	Nuculanida
superfamily	Nuculanoidea	Adams and Adams 1858
family	Nuculanidae	Adams and Adams 1858
subfamily	Nuculaninae	Adams and Adams 1858
genus	Jupiteria	Bellardi 1875
subgenus	Jupiteria (Surojupiteria)	Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
species	Jupiteria (Surojupiteria) dissensa	Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Jupiteria (Surojupiteria) dissensa	species	belongs to Jupiteria (Surojupiteria)	stated with evidence	Stilwell and Zinsmeister, 1992

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene

Last Recorded Appearance

56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene

Environment

coastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic (based on Nuculanidae)

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Jupiteria)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

deposit feeder (based on Jupiteria)

Ontogeny

accretion (based on Nuculanidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite,thin,minor ribbing (based on Nuculanidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. D. Stilwell and W. J. Zinsmeister. 1992. Molluscan Systematics and Biostratigraphy. Antarctic Research Series, AGU 55

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1992	Jupiteria (Surojupiteria) dissensa Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 48

Stilwell J. D., Zinsmeister W. J. (1992) Molluscan Systematics and Biostratigraphy, Antarctic Research Series, AGU 55

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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