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Coleolus

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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4579227https://www.gbif.org/species/4579227
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)7426https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=7426
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Coleolidae : Coleolus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Problematica : Coleolidae : Coleolus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
phylumProblematica
familyColeolidaeFisher 1962
genusColeolusHall 1879
Scientific NameColeolus Hall, 1879
Name Published InNat. Hist. N. York, Pal. 6, 5 (2)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Coleolusgenusbelongs to Coleolidaestated without evidenceFisher, 1962
Coleolusgenusbelongs to Coleoloidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Coleolusgenusbelongs to Coleolidaestated without evidenceMalinky and Skovsted, 2004
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance530 - 520 Ma
Cambrian
Last Recorded Appearance318 - 315 Ma
Carboniferous
Taphonomyaragonite, "calcite" (based on Coleolidae)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Hall. 1879. Containing descriptions of the Gasteropoda, Pteropoda, and Cephalopoda of the Upper Helderberg, Hamilton, Portage, and Chemung Groups. Natural History of New York, Paleontology 5(2):1-492

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Coleolus trigonus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1879Coleolus Hall
1962Coleolus Fisher p. 134
1969Coleolus Rozanov et al. p. 181
2002Coleolus Sepkoski, Jr.
2004Coleolus Malinky and Skovsted p. 570

References

Hall J. Containing descriptions of the Gasteropoda, Pteropoda, and Cephalopoda of the Upper Helderberg, Hamilton, Portage, and Chemung Groups, Natural History of New York, Paleontology 5 2, 1-492
Fisher D. W. (1962) Part W, Miscellanea: Small conoidal shells of uncertain affinities, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology W, 98-143
Rozanov A. Y., Missarzhevsky V. V., et al (1969) Tommotskiu jarus i problema nizhney granisty kembriya, Trudy Geoligske Institut Leningrad 206, 1-379
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Malinky J. M., Skovsted C.B. (2004) Hyoliths and small shelly fossils from the Lower Cambrian of NorthEast Greenland, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49 4, 551-578
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
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
extinct group - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nat. Hist. N. York, Pal. 6, 5 (2) - 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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