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Yochelsonella ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Tergomya : Kiringellida : Hypseloconidae : Yochelsonella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 479 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 485 - 479 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | slow-moving (based on Tergomya) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Tergomya) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | grazer (based on Tergomya) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. H. Flower. 1968. Part II - Fossils from the Smith Basin Limestone of the Fort Ann Region New York. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Memoir 22(1):22-27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Yochelsonella compressa ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Yochelsonella expansa ✝ species | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1968 | Yochelsonella Flower |
| 1976 | Yochelsonella Runnegar and Jell p. 118 |
| 2002 | Yochelsonella 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!
