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Cuspidaria hannibali ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	9071974	https://www.gbif.org/species/9071974
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	364341	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=364341

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cuspidariidae : Cuspidaria : Cuspidaria hannibali

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Poromyida : Cuspidariidae : Cuspidaria : Cuspidaria hannibali

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Poromyata	Ridewood 1903
order	Poromyida
superfamily	Cuspidarioidea	Dall 1886
family	Cuspidariidae	Dall 1886
genus	Cuspidaria	Dall 1886
species	Cuspidaria hannibali	Dickerson 1914

Generic Name

Cuspidaria

Scientific Name

Cuspidaria hannibali Dickerson, 1914

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cuspidaria hannibali	species	belongs to Cuspidaria	stated with evidence	Dickerson, 1914

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 56.0 Ma
Paleocene

Last Recorded Appearance

56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Cuspidaria)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

carnivore (based on Cuspidaria)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. E. Dickerson. 1914. Fauna of the Martinez Eocene of California. Bulletin of the Department of Geology, University of California 6:61-180

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1914	Cuspidaria hannibali Dickerson p. 129 figs. pl. 9, fig. 10

References

Dickerson R. E. (1914) Fauna of the Martinez Eocene of California, Bulletin of the Department of Geology, University of California 6, 61-180

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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