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Tancrediopsis ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)16133https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16133
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Solemyida : Ctenodontidae : Tancrediopsis
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
orderProtobranchiaPelseneer 1889
superorderNuculiformiiDall 1889
orderSolemyidaNewell 1965
superfamilySolemyoideaAdams and Adams 1857
familyCtenodontidaeWöhrmann 1893
genusTancrediopsisBeushausen 1895
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Tancrediopsisgenusbelongs to Nuculoideastated with evidenceMcAlester, 1963
Tancrediopsisgenusbelongs to Ctenodontidaestated with evidenceCox et al., 1969
Tancrediopsisgenusbelongs to Nuculoidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Tancrediopsisgenusbelongs to Ctenodontidaestated without evidenceFang, 2006
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance472 - 461 Ma
Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance393 - 388 Ma
Devonian
Motilityfacultatively mobile, attached (based on Ctenodontidae)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietdeposit feeder, suspension feeder (based on Ctenodontidae)
Ecospace CommentsBODY SIZE: Data from Cox et al. (1969).
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Bivalvia)
Primary Reference (PBDB)L. Beushausen. 1895. Die Lamellibranchiaten des rheinischen Devon mit Ausschluss der Aviculiden. Abhandlungen der Königlich Preussichen geologischen Landesanstalt. 17:1-410

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Tancrediopsis abrupta ✝
species		listed (PBDB)2461 Ma
Middle Ordovician		461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Tancrediopsis contracta ✝
species		listed (PBDB)2461 Ma
Middle Ordovician		461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Tancrediopsis cuneata ✝
species		listed (PBDB)4472 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician		458 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Tancrediopsis planodorsata ✝
species		listed (PBDB)1456 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician		456 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1895Ctenodonta (Tancrediopsis) Beushausen p. 70
1963Tancrediopsis McAlester pp. 3 - 5
1969Tancrediopsis Cox et al. p. N228
1975Tancrediopsis Toni
1980Tancrediopsis Vokes p. 1
2002Tancrediopsis Sepkoski, Jr.
2006Tancrediopsis Fang

References

Beushausen L. Die Lamellibranchiaten des rheinischen Devon mit Ausschluss der Aviculiden, Abhandlungen der Königlich Preussichen geologischen Landesanstalt. 17, 1-410
McAlester A. L. (1963) Revision of the type species of the Ordovician nuculoid pelecypod genus Tancrediopsis, Yale University Peabody Museum Postilla 74, 1-19
Cox L. R., Newell N. D., et al (1969) Mollusca 6: Bivalvia, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology 1, N1-N489
Toni R. T. (1975) Upper Ordovician bivalves from the Oslo Region, Norway, Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 55 2, 135-156
Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Fang Z.-J. (2006) An introduction to Ordovician bivalves of southern China, with a discussion of the early evolution of the Bivalvia, Geological Journal 41, 303-328
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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