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⇱ Tritonophon


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Tritonophon

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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)8390https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=8390
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Plectonotidae : Tritonophon
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontinaUlrich and Scofield 1897
superfamilyBellerophontoidea
familyPlectonotidae
genusTritonophonÖpik 1953
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Tritonophonsubgenusbelongs to Kokenospirastated without evidenceÖpik, 1953
Tritonophongenusbelongs to Plectonotinaestated with evidencePeel, 1974
Tritonophongenusbelongs to Bellerophontidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Tritonophongenusbelongs to Plectonotinaestated with evidenceEbbestad et al., 2008
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)8
First Recorded Appearance461 - 456 Ma
Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance423 - 419 Ma
Paleozoic
Motilityactively mobile (based on Plectonotidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietdetritivore (based on Plectonotidae)
Taphonomyaragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Bellerophontida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. A. Öpik. 1953. Lower Silurian fossils from the "Illaenus band" Heathcote, Victorai. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Victoria 19:1-42

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Tritonophon bohemica
species
listed (PBDB)9461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
443 Ma
Silurian
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Bellerophon carina
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
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Tritonophon kivitalonae
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1423 Ma
Silurian
423 Ma
Silurian
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Tritonophon peeli
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
4461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
456 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
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Tritonophon subtrilobatus
species
listed (PBDB)6450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
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Tritonophon trilobatus
species
listed (PBDB)3439 Ma
Silurian
426 Ma
Silurian
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Tritonophon trimetra
species
listed (PBDB)1439 Ma
Silurian
439 Ma
Silurian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1953Kokenospira (Tritonophon) Öpik p. 52
1974Tritonophon Peel
1992Tritonophon Wahlman
2002Tritonophon Sepkoski, Jr.
2008Tritonophon Ebbestad et al. pp. 607 – 608

References

Öpik A. A. (1953) Lower Silurian fossils from the "Illaenus band" Heathcote, Victorai, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Victoria 19, 1-42
Peel J. S. (1974) Systematics, ontogeny and functional morphology of Silurian trilobed bellerophontacean gastropods, Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 23, 231-264
Wahlman G.P. (1992) Middle and Upper Ordovician symmetrical univalved mollusks (Monoplacophora and Bellerophontina) of the Cincinnati Arch region, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1066 O, 1-123
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Ebbestad J. O. R., Bassett M. G., et al (2008) Ordovician (Caradoc) Gastropoda of the Katkoyeh Formation, Kerman Province, Iran, Geobios 41 5, 605-624 doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2008.01.004
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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