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Davidsonia

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Description

Davidsonia is a genus containing three rainforest tree species native to Australia, that are commonly known as the Davidson or Davidson's plum. The fruits superficially resemble the European plum, but are not closely related. All species have an edible sour fruit with burgundy coloured flesh and are highly regarded as gourmet bushfood.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)3252452https://www.gbif.org/species/3252452
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)29820https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=29820
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Atrypida : Davidsoniidae : Davidsonia
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
-Lophophorata
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderAtrypidaRzhonsnitskaya 1960
suborderDavidsoniidinaCopper 1996
superfamilyDavidsonioideaKing 1850
familyDavidsoniidaeKing 1850
genusDavidsoniaBouchard-Chantereaux 1849
Scientific NameDavidsonia Bouchard-Chantereaux, 1849
Name Published InAnn. Sci. Nat., [3] (Zool.), 12
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Davidsoniagenusbelongs to Atrypidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Davidsoniagenusbelongs to Davidsoniidaestated with evidenceWilliams et al., 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance393 - 388 Ma
Devonian
Last Recorded Appearance339 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Motilitystationary (based on Atrypida)
Visionblind (based on Rhynchonellata)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Atrypida)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davidsonia

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Davidsonia antelopensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Davidsonia bouchardiana
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Davidsonia septata
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1388 Ma
Middle Devonian
388 Ma
Middle Devonian
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Davidsonia verneuillii
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
3393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
388 Ma
Middle Devonian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1849Davidsonia Bouchard-Chantereaux
2002Davidsonia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002Davidsonia Williams et al. p. 1444

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Williams A., Brunton C. H. C., et al (2002) Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volume 4, Rhynchonelliformea (part), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 921-1688
Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Ann. Sci. Nat., [3] (Zool.), 12 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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