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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Murchisoniidae : Murchisonia : Murchisonia obtusangula |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Murchisoniidae : Murchisonia : Murchisonia obtusangula |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Murchisonia |
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| Scientific Name | Murchisonia obtusangula (Lindström, 1884) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Murchisonia obtusangula | species | belongs to Murchisonia | stated without evidence | Lindström, 1884 | | Murchisonia obtusangula | species | belongs to Murchisonia (Hormotoma) | stated with evidence | Ulrich and Scofield, 1897 | | Murchisonia obtusangula | species | belongs to Hormotoma | stated without evidence | Grabau and Sherzer, 1910 | | Murchisonia obtusangula | species | belongs to Murchisonia | stated without evidence | Baarli et al., 1999 | | Murchisonia obtusangula | species | belongs to Murchisonia | stated with evidence | Wagner, 2017 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 433 - 431 Ma
Silurian |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 427 - 426 Ma
Silurian |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Murchisonia) |
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| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) |
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| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Murchisonia) |
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| Taphonomy | minor ribbing (based on Murchisonia) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. Lindström. 1884. The Silurian Gastropoda and Pteropoda of Gotland. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingasr 19:1-250 |
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| Lindström G. The Silurian Gastropoda and Pteropoda of Gotland, Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingasr 19, 1-250 |
| Ulrich E. O., Scofield W. H. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota, The Paleontology of Minnesota 39 2, 813-1081 |
| Grabau A. W., Sherzer W.H. (1910) The Monroe Formation of southern Michigan and adjoining regions, Michigan Geological and Biology Survey - Geological Series 1, 1-239 |
| Baarli B. G., Keilen H. B., et al (1999) Silurian communities of the Oslo Region, Norway, Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian, 327-349 |
| Wagner P. J. (2017) Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database |
Murchisonia obtusangula ✝
