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Borestus ✝
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Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Phymatopleuridae : Borestus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Phymatopleuridae : Borestus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Borestus Thomas, 1940 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Trans, Geol. Soc. Glasg., 20 (1), 36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 359 - 354 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 212 - 206 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Pleurotomarioidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | grazer (based on Pleurotomarioidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. G. Thomas. 1940. Revision of the Scottish Carboniferous Pleurotomariidae. Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasgow 20:30-72 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Borestus costatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Borestus granihumerosus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 260 Ma Permian | 260 Ma Permian | |
Borestus hamlingii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Borestus heterospira ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 269 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian | |
Borestus lunatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 290 Ma Permian | 290 Ma Permian | |
Borestus magdalenensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 318 Ma Carboniferous | 318 Ma Carboniferous | |
Borestus pagoda ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 306 Ma Carboniferous | 299 Ma Carboniferous | |
Borestus procerus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 339 Ma Carboniferous | 339 Ma Carboniferous | |
Borestus rotundatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
Borestus similis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 336 Ma Carboniferous | 336 Ma Carboniferous | |
Borestus texanus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 318 Ma Carboniferous | 318 Ma Carboniferous | |
Borestus wrighti ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 336 Ma Carboniferous | 336 Ma Carboniferous | |
Orestes pagoda species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Platypleurotomaria planiapicata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 272 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian | |
Pleurotomaria heterospira species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ptychomphalus similis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Platypleurotomaria Wanner, 1942 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Phymatopleuridae : Platypleurotomaria |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1940 | Borestus Thomas |
1942 | Platypleurotomaria Wanner p. 157 |
1960 | Borestus Knight et al. p. 215 |
2002 | Borestus Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!