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Unitas ✝
Description | Unitas may refer to: From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitas, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Cancellariidae : Unitas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Unitas Palmer, 1947 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Palmer K. VanWinkle. (1947). Part II. Univalves. In: G.D. Harris & K. VanWinkle Palmer, The Mollusca of the Jackson Eocene of the Mississippi Embayment (Sabine River to the Alabama River). Bulletins of American Paleontology. 30(117): 209-563, pls 26-65. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 72.1 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 19.0 - 15.9 Ma Miocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Cancellariidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Cancellariidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitas |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Cancellaria elongata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Unitas aequalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Unitas aquitanica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Unitas arenosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Unitas beui species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Unitas costulata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Unitas decorticata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Unitas elongata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
Unitas gradata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Unitas granulata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Unitas paulensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Unitas peyreirensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Unitas ponsi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Unitas sanctistephani species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Unitas substephanensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Uxia narica ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 33.9 Ma Oligocene |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Uxia Jousseaume, 1887 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Cancellariidae : Uxia |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1887 | Uxia Jousseaume |
1947 | Unitas Palmer |
1949 | Cancellaria (Uxia) Marks p. 460 |
1995 | Unitas Pacaud and Le Renard p. 168 |
2002 | Unitas Sepkoski, Jr. |
2002 | Uxia Sepkoski, Jr. |
2006 | Unitas Schnetler and Petit p. 102 |
2017 | Unitas Darragh p. 95 |
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!