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Pragozyga

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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4608930https://www.gbif.org/species/4608930
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)68827https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=68827
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Palaeozygopleuridae : Pragozyga
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Palaeozygopleuridae : Pragozyga
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthogastropodaPonder and Lindberg 1997
orderMurchisoniinaCox and Knight 1960
superfamilyLoxonematoidea
familyPalaeozygopleuridaeHorný 1955
genusPragozygaFrýda 1999
Scientific NamePragozyga Frýda, 1999
Name Published InJ Czech Geol Soc 44 (3-4)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Pragozygagenusbelongs to Loxonematoideastated without evidenceFrýda, 1999
Pragozygagenusbelongs to Palaeozygopleuridaestated with evidenceFryda et al., 2013
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance419 - 411 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Last Recorded Appearance408 - 393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Loxonematoidea)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Loxonematoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J Frýda. 1999. Further new gastropods from the Early Devonian Boucotonotus - Palaeozygopleura community of the Prague Basin. Journal of the Czech Geological Survey 44(3-4):317-325

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Loxonema jerseyense
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Loxonema subtilistriata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Loxonema zwartbergense
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Pragozyga costata
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1411 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
411 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
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Pragozyga jerseyense
species
listed (PBDB)2419 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
419 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
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Pragozyga subtilistriata
species
listed (PBDB)1408 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
408 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
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Pragozyga zwartbergense
species
listed (PBDB)6408 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
408 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1999Pragozyga Frýda p. 322
2013Pragozyga Fryda et al. p. 483

References

Frýda J (1999) Further new gastropods from the Early Devonian Boucotonotus - Palaeozygopleura community of the Prague Basin, Journal of the Czech Geological Survey 44 3-4, 317-325
Fryda J., Ferrová L., et al (2013) Review of palaeozygopleurid gastropods (Palaeozygopleuridae, Gastropoda) from Devonian strata of the Perunica microplate (Bohemia), with a re-evaluation of their stratigraphic distribution, notes on their ontogeny, and descriptions of new taxa, Zootaxa 3669 4, 469-489 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3669.4.3
J Czech Geol Soc 44 (3-4) - 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
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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