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Coronoidea ✝
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| Rank | class (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Coronoidea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 466 - 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 433 - 419 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Blastozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Blastozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | C. E. Brett, T. J. Frest, and J. Sprinkle, C. R. Clement. 1983. Coroniodea: A new class of Blastozoan Echinoderms based on taxonomic reevaluation of Stephanocrinus. Journal of Paleontology 57(4):627-651 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Coronata ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 62 | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 433 Ma Silurian | |
| Mespilocystites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 21 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1983 | Coronoidea Brett et al. p. 629 |
| 2012 | Coronoidea Sumrall and Waters p. 970 |
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!
