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Vaugonia yukonensis ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8014094https://www.gbif.org/species/8014094
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)229724https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=229724
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Myophorellidae : Vaugonia : Vaugonia yukonensis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Myophorellidae : Vaugonia : Vaugonia yukonensis
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
-EubivalviaCarter 2011
subclassAutobranchia
infraclassHeteroconchia
-UniomorphiGray 1854
-UnioniGray 1854
-UnionataGray 1854
orderTrigoniida
superfamilyMyophorelloidea
-MyophorelloidaeKobayashi 1954
familyMyophorellidaeKobayashi 1954
subfamilyVaugoniinae
tribeVaugoniini
genusVaugoniaCrickmay 1930
speciesVaugonia yukonensisPoulton 1979
Generic NameVaugonia
Scientific NameVaugonia yukonensis Poulton, 1979
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Vaugonia yukonensisspeciesbelongs to Vaugoniastated with evidencePoulton, 1979
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance201 - 168 Ma
Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance170 - 168 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Trigoniida)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Trigoniida)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Bivalvia)
Primary Reference (PBDB)T. P. Poulton. 1979. Jurassic Trigoniid Bivalves from Canada and Western United States of America. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 282

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1979Vaugonia yukonensis Poulton pp. 25-26 figs. Pl. 8, figs. 6-11

References

Poulton T. P. (1979) Jurassic Trigoniid Bivalves from Canada and Western United States of America, Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 282
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!
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