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Eocallista ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4589557	https://www.gbif.org/species/4589557
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	17615	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17615

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Cyrenidae : Eocallista

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Corbiculidae : Eocallista

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	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
-	Veneroidei
superfamily	Corbiculoidea	Gray 1847
family	Corbiculidae	Gray 1847
genus	Eocallista	Douvillé 1921

Scientific Name

Eocallista Douvillé, 1921

Name Published In

Bull. Soc. Géol. France, (4) 21

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Eocallista	genus	belongs to Veneridae	stated with evidence	Marwick, 1953
Eocallista	genus	belongs to Corbiculidae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Eocallista	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Eocallista	genus	belongs to Corbiculidae	stated with evidence	Gardner, 2005

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

168 - 166 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Environment

brackish,freshwater (based on Corbiculidae)

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Corbiculidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Corbiculidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

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

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Eocallista (Eocallista) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		2	157 Ma Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Cyprina pulchella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eocallista antiopa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Eocallista austrofilia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	165 Ma Middle Jurassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic
Eocallista krenkeli ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		34	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic
Eocallista pulchella ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	157 Ma Jurassic	157 Ma Jurassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1921	Eocallista Douvillé p. 123
1953	Eocallista Marwick p. 111
1980	Eocallista Vokes p. 163
2002	Eocallista Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Eocallista Gardner p. 361

References

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

Marwick J. (1953) Divisions and faunas of the Hokonui System (Triassic and Jurassic), New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 21

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Gardner R. (2005) Middle-Late Jurassic bivalves of the superfamily Veneoridea from New Zealand and New Caledonia, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 48, 325-376

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

Bull. Soc. Géol. France, (4) 21 - 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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