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Tarimella

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8627824https://www.gbif.org/species/8627824
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)82373https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=82373
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Shumardiidae : Tarimella
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristomaFortey 1990
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyShumardiidaeLake 1907
genusTarimellaZhang 1979
Scientific NameTarimella Zhang, 1979
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Tarimellagenusbelongs to Trilobitastated with evidenceZhang, 1979
Tarimellagenusbelongs to Shumardiidaestated without evidenceJell and Adrain, 2002
Tarimellagenusbelongs to Shumardiidaestated with evidenceZhou et al., 2014
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance466 - 461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance466 - 461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Environmentmarine (based on Trilobita)
Motilityfast-moving (based on Trilobita)
Visionblind (based on Shumardiidae)
Dietcarnivore (based on Trilobita)
Ontogenymolting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita)
Primary Reference (PBDB)H. E. Vokes. 1980. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Tarimella bituberculata
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
8466 Ma
Middle Ordovician
466 Ma
Middle Ordovician

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1979Tarimella Zhang
1981Yinganaspis Zhang
2002Tarimella Jell and Adrain p. 451
2002Yinganaspis Jell and Adrain p. 462
2014Tarimella Zhou et al.

References

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue
Jell P. A., Adrain J. M. (2002) Available generic names for trilobites, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48 2, 331-553
Zhou Z., Yin G., et al (2014) Ordovician (Darriwilian-early Katian) trilobite faunas of northwestern Tarim, Xinjiang, China, Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 46, 1-142
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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