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Beecherellidae ✝
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Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Podocopida : Beecherellidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 468 - 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 235 - 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | hypersaline,marine,brackish,freshwater (based on Ostracoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Ostracoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Ostracoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | detritivore, grazer (based on Podocopida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Ostracoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | H. Kozur. 1970. Neue Ostracoden-Arten aus dem oberstein Anis des Bakonyhochlandes (Ungarn). Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck 58:384-428 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Acanthoscapha ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 43 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Beecheroscapha ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 433 Ma Silurian | 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Bulbosohnia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 433 Ma Silurian | 433 Ma Silurian | |
Gencella ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Paraplatyrhomboides ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 467 Ma Middle Ordovician | 467 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
Platyrhomboides ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 468 Ma Middle Ordovician | 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Shidelerites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 427 Ma Silurian | 427 Ma Silurian | |
Tuberoscapha ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 433 Ma Silurian | 433 Ma Silurian | |
Zenkovia ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1894 | Beecherellidae Ulrich |
1970 | Beecherellidae Kozur p. 391 |
2017 | Beecherellidae Forel p. 27 |
2018 | Beecherellidae Tanaka p. 20 |
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!