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Temnodiscus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3245284	https://www.gbif.org/species/3245284
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	8386	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=8386

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : Temnodiscus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Tropidodiscidae : Temnodiscus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
order	Bellerophontida	Ulrich and Scofield 1897
superfamily	Tropidodiscoidea	Knight 1956
family	Tropidodiscidae
subfamily	Temnodiscinae	Horný 1962
genus	Temnodiscus	Koken 1896

Scientific Name

Temnodiscus Koken, 1896

Name Published In

Leitfossilien

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Temnodiscus	subgenus	belongs to Tropidodiscus	stated without evidence	Williams and Breger, 1916
Temnodiscus	genus	belongs to Tropidodiscinae	stated with evidence	Knight et al., 1960
Temnodiscus	genus	belongs to Temnodiscinae	stated with evidence	Horný, 1963
Temnodiscus	genus	belongs to Bellerophontida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Temnodiscus	genus	belongs to Tropidodiscidae	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2005
Temnodiscus	genus	belongs to Temnodiscinae	stated with evidence	Wagner, 2017

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

468 - 464 Ma
Middle Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

419 - 393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian

Motility

slow-moving (based on Bellerophontida)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

detritivore (based on Bellerophontida)

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Data from Knight et al. (1960).

Taphonomy

minor ribbing

Primary Reference (PBDB)

E. Koken. 1896. Die Leitfossilien. Ein Handbuch für den Unterricht und für das Bestimmen von Versteinerungen

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cyrtolites arrosus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	433 Ma Silurian	433 Ma Silurian
Cyrtolites euryomphalus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	426 Ma Silurian
Cyrtolites eximius ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	431 Ma Silurian	431 Ma Silurian
Cyrtolites lamellifer ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	433 Ma Silurian	433 Ma Silurian
Cyrtolites nitidula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	441 Ma Silurian
Cyrtolites obliquus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	426 Ma Silurian	426 Ma Silurian
Cyrtolites orbiculus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Temnodiscus accola ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Temnodiscus fletcheri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	431 Ma Silurian	431 Ma Silurian
Temnodiscus imbricatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Temnodiscus ingricus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	468 Ma Middle Ordovician
Temnodiscus minuta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	468 Ma Middle Ordovician
Temnodiscus nautilinus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Temnodiscus ogygiae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Temnodiscus parvus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Temnodiscus pharetroides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Temnodiscus pleurogonus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Temnodiscus salopiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	423 Ma Silurian	423 Ma Silurian
Temnodiscus secans ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	468 Ma Middle Ordovician
Temnodiscus solitarius ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Temnodiscus suecicus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	468 Ma Middle Ordovician
Temnodiscus viator ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1896	Temnodiscus Koken
1916	Tropidodiscus (Temnodiscus) Williams and Breger p. 270
1960	Temnodiscus Knight et al. p. 179
1963	Temnodiscus Horný
2002	Temnodiscus Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Temnodiscus Bouchet et al. pp. 168, 241
2017	Temnodiscus Wagner p. G146

References

Koken E. , Die Leitfossilien. Ein Handbuch für den Unterricht und für das Bestimmen von Versteinerungen, 1-848

Williams H. S., Breger C. L. (1916) The fauna of the Chapman Sandstone of Maine, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 89, 1-347

Knight J. B., Cox L. R., et al (1960) Systematic descriptions, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Mollusca I 1, 169-339

Horný R. J. (1963) Lower Paleozoic Bellerophontina (Gastropoda) of Bohemia, Sborník Geologickych Ved 2, 57-164

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368

Wagner P. J. (2017) Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - 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

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

Leitfossilien - 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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