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Cryptoporocyathus ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Regulares : Monocyathida : Cryptoporocyathus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 530 - 520 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 520 - 516 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Regulares) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Regulares) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Regulares) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Regulares) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Regulares) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | B. S. Sokolov, L. N. Repina, and N. P. Lazarenko, N. P. Meshkova, V. I. Korshunov, N. I. Nikiforov, N. A. Aksarina. 1974. Biostratigrafiya i fauna nizhnego kembriya Kharaulakha (khr. Tuora-Sis) [Lower Cambrian biostratigraphy and fauna of Kharaulakh, Tuora-Sis Ridge]. Trudy Instituta Geologii i Geofiziki, Sibirskoye Otdeleniye 235:5-299 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1960 | Cryptoporocyathus Zhuravleva |
| 1974 | Cryptoporocyathus Sokolov 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!
