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Ribeirioida ✝
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| Rank | order (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Rostroconchia : Ribeirioida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 106 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 530 - 516 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 433 - 431 Ma Silurian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Rostroconchia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Rostroconchia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Rostroconchia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | T Kobayashi. 1933. Faunal study of the Wanwanian (basal Ordovician) series with special notes on the Ribeiridae and the Ellesmereoceroids. Journal of the Faculty of Science Imperial University of Tokyo Section II Geology, Mineralogy, Geography, Seismology 3(7):249-328 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Ischyrinioidea ✝ superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 47 | 530 Ma Cambrian | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Ribeirioidea ✝ superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 58 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 433 Ma Silurian | |
| Technophoridae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 145 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 439 Ma Silurian | |
| Pseudoeuchasma ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1933 | Ribeirioida Kobayashi |
| 1976 | Ischyrinoida Pojeta and Runnegar p. 62 |
| 2002 | Ribeirioida 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!
