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Mataxa

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)3243496https://www.gbif.org/species/3243496
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)11329https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=11329
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Cancellariidae : Mataxa
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
superfamilyCancellarioideaGray 1853
familyCancellariidaeGray 1853
genusMataxaWade 1916
Scientific NameMataxa Wade, 1916
Name Published InProc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 68
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Mataxagenusbelongs to Cancellariidaestated without evidenceSohl, 1964
Mataxagenusbelongs to Neogastropodasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Motilityactively mobile (based on Cancellariidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Cancellariidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Mataxa elegans
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
683.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Mataxa leioderma
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
183.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Mataxa subteres
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Mataxa valida
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Mataxia Cossmann, 1917GBIFgenusAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Cancellariidae : Mataxia

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1916Mataxa Wade
1964Mataxa Sohl p. 267
2002Mataxa Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Sohl N. F. (1964) Neogastropoda, Opisthobranchia, and Basommatophora from the Ripley, Owl Creek, and Prairie Bluff Formations, US Geological Survey Professional Paper 331 B, 153-344
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 68 - 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
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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