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Bridgeites ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Raphistomatidae : Bridgeites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Raphistomatidae : Bridgeites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Bridgeites Flower, 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Mem. Inst. Min. Technol. New Mex. No. 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 479 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 479 - 468 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Euomphalina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Euomphalina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. H. Flower. 1968. Part I - Some El Paso guide fossils. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Memoir 22(1):1-21 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Bridgeites discoideus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
Ecculiomphalus atlanticus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Ecculiomphalus volutatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
Lesueurilla planidorsalis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
Lesueurilla supraconvexa ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
Ophileta disjuncta ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1968 | Bridgeites Flower p. 15 |
1999 | Bridgeites Wagner |
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!