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Carinaropsinae β
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Rank | subfamily (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Pterothecidae : Carinaropsinae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 461 - 456 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 384 - 382 Ma Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Pterothecidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | detritivore (based on Pterothecidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Bellerophontida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. O. Ulrich and W. H. Scofield. 1897. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. The Paleontology of Minnesota 39(2):813-1081 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Pedasionlinae β subfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Carinaropsis β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 53 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Gyrospira β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
Merriamites β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Phragmosphaera β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 25 | 431 Ma Silurian | 384 Ma Middle Devonian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1897 | Carinaropsidae Ulrich and Scofield p. 857 |
1960 | Carinaropsinae Knight et al. p. 180 |
1975 | Carinaropsidae Golikov and Starobogatov p. 207 |
1992 | Carinaropsinae Wahlman |
1992 | Carinaropsidae Wahlman p. 63 |
2005 | Carinaropsinae Bouchet et al. pp. 44, 241 |
2020 | Carinaropsinae Wagner |
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!