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Granatocrinidae ✝
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Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Granatocrinida : Granatocrinidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 376 - 371 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 359 - 354 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Blastoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Blastoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Blastoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. B. Macurda, Jr and P. R. Racheboeuf. 1975. Devonian and Carboniferous spiraculate Blastoids from Brittany (France). Journal of Paleontology 49(5):845-855 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Mesoblastus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 376 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1961 | Granatocrinidae Fay |
2001 | Granatocrinidae Lane et al. |
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!