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Inouyia ✝
| Description | Inouyia is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the Cambrian Period, which lasted from approximately 542 to 488 million years ago. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inouyia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Inouyiidae : Inouyia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Inouyia Walcott, 1911 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Smithson. Misc. Coll., 57, no. 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 513 - 505 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 513 - 501 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | deposit feeder (based on Ptychopariina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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/Inouyia |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Inouyia abaris species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Inouyia acalle species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Inouyia armata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Inouyia capax ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian | |
| Inouyia divi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Inouyia granulosa ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Inouyia melie species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Inouyia simulator ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Inouyia thisbe species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1911 | Inouyia Walcott |
| 2002 | Inouyia Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2009 | Inouyia Peng et al. |
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!
