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Nevadella ✝
| Description | Nevadella is an extinct genus of trilobites, fossil marine arthropods, with species of average size (about 5 centimetres or 2.0 inches long). It lived during the late Atdabanian stage, which lasted from 530 to 524 million years ago during the early part of the Cambrian Period. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevadella, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Nevadiidae : Nevadella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Nevadella Raw, 1936 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 541 - 520 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 516 - 513 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Redlichiida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Nevadiidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | deposit feeder (based on Redlichiida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecospace Comments | BODY SIZE: Data from Whittington et al. (1997). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | major spines | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevadella |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Nevadella bacculenta ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 541 Ma Cambrian | |
| Nevadella cartlandi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Nevadella effusa ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 530 Ma Cambrian | 530 Ma Cambrian | |
| Nevadella eucharis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 530 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian | |
| Nevadella faceta ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 541 Ma Cambrian | |
| Nevadella keelensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 520 Ma Cambrian | |
| Nevadella mountjoyi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 516 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian | |
| Nevadella perfecta ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 516 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1936 | Nevadella Raw |
| 1993 | Nevadella Palmer and Repina p. 31 |
| 1997 | Nevadella Whittington et al. p. 428 |
| 2001 | Nevadella Lieberman p. 106 |
| 2002 | Nevadella Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2014 | Nevadella Bushuev et al. p. 356 |
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!
