Fordilla

Fordilla
Temporal range: Cambrian 520.0–516.0 Ma
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F. troyensis; outer shell surface (top) and cast of internal anatomy[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: †Fordillida
Family: †Fordillidae
Genus: †Fordilla
Barrande, 1881
Species

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Fordilla is an extinct genus of early bivalves,[2][3][4][5][6] one of two genera in the extinct family Fordillidae.[7] The genus is known solely from Early Cambrian fossils found in North America, Greenland, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.[8] The genus currently contains three described species, Fordilla germanica, Fordilla sibirica, and the type species Fordilla troyensis.[7][8]

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  3. ^ Pojeta, J. (2000). "Cambrian Pelecypoda (Mollusca)". American Malacological Bulletin. 15: 157–166.
  4. ^ Schneider, J. A. (November 2001). "Bivalve systematics during the 20th century". Journal of Paleontology. 75 (6): 1119–1127. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2001)075<1119:BSDTC>2.0.CO;2. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
  5. ^ Gubanov, A.P.; Kouchinsky, A.V.; Peel, J.S. (2007). "The first evolutionary-adaptive lineage within fossil molluscs". Lethaia. 32 (2): 155–157. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1999.tb00534.x.
  6. ^ Gubanov, A.P.; Peel, J.S. (2003). "The early Cambrian helcionelloid mollusc Anabarella Vostokova". Palaeontology. 46 (5): 1073–1087. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00334. S2CID 84893338.
  7. ^ a b Elicki, O.; Gürsu, S. (2009). "First record of Pojetaia runnegari Jell, 1980 and Fordilla Barrande, 1881 from the Middle East (Taurus Mountains, Turkey) and critical review of Cambrian bivalves" (PDF). Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 83 (2): 267–291. doi:10.1007/s12542-009-0021-9. S2CID 49380913. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
  8. ^ a b The Paleobiology Database Fordilla entry[permanent dead link] accessed 4 January 2012