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Vetulicola ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Vetulicolia : Vetulicolida : Vetulicolidae : Vetulicola | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 520 - 516 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 516 - 513 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Vetulicolia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Vetulicolida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Vetulicolia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Vetulicola cuneata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 8 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1987 | Vetulicola Hou |
| 2002 | Vetulicola Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2005 | Vetulicola Zhang and Hua p. 6 |
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!
