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Whitneya

Description

Arnica dealbata is a species of Californian plants in the tarweed tribe within the aster family


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)3243290https://www.gbif.org/species/3243290
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)11864https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=11864
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Whitneya
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassProsobranchiaMilne-Edwards 1848
superorderCaenogastropodaCox 1959
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
genusWhitneyaGabb 1864
Scientific NameWhitneya
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Whitneyagenusbelongs to Neogastropodasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance47.8 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Neogastropoda)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Neogastropoda)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitneya

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Whitneya ficus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
956.0 Ma
Paleocene
47.8 Ma
Eocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1864Whitneya Gabb pp. 103 - 104
2002Whitneya Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Gabb W. M. Description of the Cretaceous fossils, Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1, 57-217
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Geol. Surv. Calif., Pal., 1 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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!
 
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