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Beyrichiacea ✝
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| Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Beyrichiacea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 260 - 254 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | hypersaline,marine,brackish,freshwater (based on Ostracoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Ostracoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Ostracoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Ostracoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. H. Benson, J. M. Berdan et al. 1961. Part Q, Arthropoda: Crustacea: Ostracoda. In R. C. Moore (ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Q(3):1-432 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Acronotellidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 16 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 443 Ma Silurian | |
| Eurychilinidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 164 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 260 Ma Permian | |
| Sigmoopsiidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 57 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 439 Ma Silurian | |
| Tetradellidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 224 | 485 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Uncertain ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 439 Ma Silurian | 301 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Zygobolbidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 319 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 433 Ma Silurian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1886 | Beyrichiacea Matthew |
| 1953 | Beyrichiacea Henningsmoen |
| 1961 | Beyrichiacea Benson et al. |
References
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!
