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Tropidodiscidae ✝
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Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Tropidodiscidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 145 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 501 - 485 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 254 - 252 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | slow-moving (based on Bellerophontida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | detritivore (based on Bellerophontida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Bellerophontida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. B. Knight. 1956. New families of Gastropoda. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 46(2):41-42 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Temnodiscinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 130 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Groomodiscus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Kosorodiscus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Neimongolidiscus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Nylanderina ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 412 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Sinuitina ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 42 | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 254 Ma Permian | |
Spirilira ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 323 Ma Carboniferous | 290 Ma Permian | |
Tropidodiscus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 124 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 254 Ma Permian | |
Vorticina ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 19 | 365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 279 Ma Permian | |
Westraliadiscus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Zonidiscus ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 426 Ma Silurian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1956 | Tropidodiscinae Knight |
1960 | Tropidodiscinae Knight et al. p. 179 |
1963 | Tropidodiscinae Horný |
1975 | Tropidodiscidae Golikov and Starobogatov p. 207 |
1992 | Tropidodiscidae Wahlman p. 63 |
1998 | Tropidodiscinae Cook |
2000 | Tropidodiscidae Ebbestad and Yochelson |
2003 | Tropidodiscidae Rohr et al. |
2005 | Tropidodiscidae Bouchet et al. pp. 177, 241 |
2020 | Tropidodiscidae 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!