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Micropileus ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Tergomya : Tryblidiida : Archaeophialidae : Micropileus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Tryblidiida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Tergomya) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | grazer (based on Tryblidiida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. E. Wilson. 1951. Gastropoda and Conularida of the Ottawa Formation of the Ottawa - St. Lawrence Lowland. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 17:1-149 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Micropileus obesus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Micropileus ottawanus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Micropileus variabilis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1951 | Micropileus Wilson |
| 1960 | Micropileus Knight and Yochelson p. 79 |
| 1970 | Micropileus Starobogatov p. 301 |
| 1976 | Micropileus Runnegar and Jell p. 119 |
| 1992 | Micropileus Wahlman |
| 2002 | Micropileus Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!
