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Quadratotrigonia ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4595146https://www.gbif.org/species/4595146
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)17269https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17269
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Myophorellidae : Quadratotrigonia
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Trigoniidae : Quadratotrigonia
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
-EubivalviaCarter 2011
subclassAutobranchia
infraclassHeteroconchia
-UniomorphiGray 1854
-UnioniGray 1854
-UnionataGray 1854
orderTrigoniida
superfamilyTrigonioideaLamarck 1819
familyTrigoniidaeLamarck 1819
genusQuadratotrigoniaDietrich 1933
Scientific NameQuadratotrigonia Dietrich, 1933
Name Published InS. B. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin, 1933
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Quadratotrigoniagenussubjective synonym of Yaadiastated without evidenceCox, 1952
Quadratotrigoniagenusbelongs to Trigoniidaestated with evidenceVokes, 1980
Quadratotrigoniagenusbelongs to Trigonioidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Quadratotrigoniagenusbelongs to Quadratotrigoniinistated without evidenceBouchet et al., 2010
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance140 - 133 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance105 - 100 Ma
Cretaceous
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Trigoniida)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Trigoniida)
Taphonomyaragonite (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

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Quadratotrigonia baksanensis
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Quadratotrigonia daedalea
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Quadratotrigonia nodosa ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		9140 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Quadratotrigonia taffi
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1933Quadratotrigonia Dietrich
1980Quadratotrigonia Vokes p. 99
2002Quadratotrigonia Sepkoski, Jr.
2010Quadratotrigonia Bouchet et al.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue
Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201
GBIF/Paleo Database - 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
WoRMS (Nov 2016). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
S. B. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin, 1933 - 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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