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Neithea (Neithea) ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)359170https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=359170
Ranksubgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Neithea : Neithea (Neithea)
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
-EubivalviaCarter 2011
subclassAutobranchia
infraclassPteriomorphia
-OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
-OstreioniFerussac 1822
-OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida
suborderPectinidina
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
-PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
genusNeitheaDrouet 1825
subgenusNeithea (Neithea)Stewart 1930
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Neithea (Neithea)subgenusbelongs to Neitheastated with evidenceStewart, 1930
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)15
First Recorded Appearance145 - 140 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Pectinida)
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Pectinidae)
Visionlimited (based on Pectinidae)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Pectinidae)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite, aragonite (based on Pectinidae)
Primary Reference (PBDB)S. Schneider, M. Jäger, and A. Kroh, A. Mitterer, B. Niebuhr, R. Vodrážka, M. Wilmsen, C. J. Wood, K. Zágoršek. 2013. Silicified sea life – Macrofauna and palaeoecology of the Neuburg Kieselerde Member (Cenomanian to Lower Turonian Wellheim Formation, Bavaria, southern Germany). Acta Geologica Polonica 63(4):555-610

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Neithea (Neithea) aequicostata
species
listed (PBDB)10113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Neithea (Neithea) alpina
species
listed (PBDB)12113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Neithea (Neithea) atava
species
listed (PBDB)20145 Ma
Late Jurassic
125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Neithea (Neithea) deshayana
species
listed (PBDB)
Neithea (Neithea) dilatata
species
listed (PBDB)
Neithea (Neithea) dutrugei
species
listed (PBDB)1499.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Neithea (Neithea) fleuriausiana
species
listed (PBDB)4101 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Neithea (Neithea) gibbosa
species
listed (PBDB)3105 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
101 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Neithea (Neithea) hispanica
species
listed (PBDB)22113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Neithea (Neithea) sexangularis
species
listed (PBDB)289.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Neithea (Neithea) sexcostata
species
listed (PBDB)24101 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Neithea (Neithea) striatocostata
species
listed (PBDB)1789.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Neithea (Neithea) syriaca
species
listed (PBDB)10125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
105 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Neithea (Neithea) zitteli
species
listed (PBDB)1101 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
101 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1930Neithea (Neithea) Stewart

References

Schneider S., Jäger M., et al (2013) Silicified sea life – Macrofauna and palaeoecology of the Neuburg Kieselerde Member (Cenomanian to Lower Turonian Wellheim Formation, Bavaria, southern Germany), Acta Geologica Polonica 63 4, 555-610
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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