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Bearriverops ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Dimeropygidae : Bearriverops | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Bearriverops Adrain & Westrop, 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Article title: Bearriverops, a new Lower Ordovician trilobite genus from the Great Basin, western USA, and classification of the family Dimeropygidae. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 479 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 485 - 479 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Dimeropygidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | deposit feeder (based on Proetida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. M. Adrain and S. R. Westrop. 2007. Bearriverops, a new Lower Ordovician trilobite genus from the Great Basin, western USA, and classification of the family Dimeropygidae. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 44:337-366 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Bearriverops alsacharovi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Bearriverops borderinnensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Bearriverops deltaensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Bearriverops ibexensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Bearriverops loganensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2007 | Bearriverops Adrain and Westrop p. 346 |
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!
