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Versispira ✝
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Paragastropoda : Mimospirida : Onychochilidae : Versispira | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 461 - 456 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 458 - 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Perner. 1911. Gastéropodes, Tome 3 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Versispira contraria ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1903 | Versispira Perner |
1911 | Scaevogyra (Versispira) Perner |
1960 | Versispira Knight et al. p. 187 |
1984 | Versispira Linsley and Kier |
2002 | Versispira Sepkoski, Jr. |
2020 | Versispira Wagner p. G1056 |
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!