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Plumatalinia ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Stromatoporoidea : Actinostromatida : Pseudolabechiidae : Plumatalinia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 450 - 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 427 - 426 Ma Silurian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Stromatoporoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Stromatoporoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder, photosymbiotic (based on Stromatoporoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Stromatoporoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. W. Stearn, B. D. Webby, and H. Nestor, C. W. Stock. 1999. Revised classification and terminology of Palaeozoic stromatoporoids. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 44(1):1-70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Plumatalinia ferax ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1960 | Plumatalinia Nestor |
| 1964 | Plumatalinia Nestor |
| 1999 | Plumatalinia Stearn et al. |
References
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!
