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Groomodiscus calcifer ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)203972https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=203972
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Tropidodiscidae : Groomodiscus : Groomodiscus calcifer
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
superfamilyTropidodiscoideaKnight 1956
familyTropidodiscidae
genusGroomodiscusRohr and Yochelson 1990
speciesGroomodiscus calciferCleland 1900
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Groomodiscus calciferspeciesbelongs to Bellerophonstated without evidenceCleland, 1900
Groomodiscus calciferspeciesbelongs to Groomodiscusstated with evidenceWagner, 2017
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance485 - 478 Ma
Paleozoic
Last Recorded Appearance485 - 478 Ma
Paleozoic
Motilityslow-moving (based on Bellerophontida)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietdetritivore (based on Bellerophontida)
Taphonomyaragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Bellerophontida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)H.F. Cleland. 1900. The Calciferous of the Mohawk Valley, with descriptions of new species. Bulletins of American Paleontology 3(13):1-26

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1900Bellerophon calcifer Cleland p. 126 figs. pl. 15 f. 15-18
2020Groomodiscus calcifer Wagner p. S4956

References

Cleland H.F. The Calciferous of the Mohawk Valley, with descriptions of new species, Bulletins of American Paleontology 3 13, 1-26
Wagner P. J. (2017) Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database
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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