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Benoistia ✝
| Description | Benoistia is a genus of shrubs or trees of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae) and the monotypic subtribe Benoistiinae. It was first described as a genus in 1939. The entire genus is endemic to Madagascar. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benoistia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Brachytrematidae : Benoistia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sorbeoconcha : Brachytrematidae : Benoistia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Benoistia Cossmann, 1900 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Bull. Soc. Géol. France, (3) 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 66.0 - 61.6 Ma Paleocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 33.9 - 23.0 Ma Cenozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Cerithioidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | grazer (based on Cerithioidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard. 1995. Révision des Mollusques Paléogénes du Bassin de Paris. IV - Liste systématique actualisée. Cossmanniana 3(4):155-187 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benoistia |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Benoistia bofilli species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Benoistia californica ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 48.6 Ma Eocene | 48.6 Ma Eocene | |
| Benoistia cantonensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |
| Benoistia chavani species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Benoistia millegranum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Benoistia pentagonata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Benoistia pyramidatum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Benoistia umpquaensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 47.8 Ma Eocene | |
| Benoistia vidali species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1899 | Benoistea Cossmann |
| 1938 | Benoistia Turner p. 82 |
| 1976 | Benoistea Givens and Kennedy p. 964 |
| 1984 | Benoistia Squires p. 20 |
| 1987 | Benoistia Squires p. 30 |
| 1995 | Benoistia Pacaud and Le Renard p. 155 |
| 2002 | Benoistea 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!
