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Newtoniellidae
| Description | Newtoniellidae is a family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the superfamily Triphoroidea.It contains the following subfamilies : From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtoniellidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Newtoniellidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Newtoniellidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 10 (37%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 168 - 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Triphoroidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Triphoroidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. Bouchet, J.-P. Rocroi, and J. Frýda, B. Hausdorf, W. Ponder, A. Valdes, A. Warén. 2005. A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names. Malacologia 47(1-2):1-368 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtoniellidae |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Adelacerithiinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Eumetulinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 46 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Laeocochlidinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Newtoniellinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Adelacerithium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Altispecula genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Ataxocerithium genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 21 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Cerithiella genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Cerithiopsida genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Embrionalia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Eumetula genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 19 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Furukawaia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Gothicispira ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 12.7 Ma Miocene | 12.7 Ma Miocene | |
| Halloysia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 47.8 Ma Eocene | |
| Laeocochlis genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Miopila ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 19.0 Ma Miocene | 19.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Retilaskeya genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 17 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Sasamocochlis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trituba ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 38.0 Ma Eocene | |
| Vatopsis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 16.0 Ma Miocene | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1955 | Newtoniellidae Korobkov |
| 2005 | Newtoniellidae Bouchet et al. p. 254 |
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!
