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Bathangia ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Rhizangiidae : Bathangia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 33.9 - 28.4 Ma Oligocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Rhizangiidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Rhizangiidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Rhizangiidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Faviina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. C. Baron-Szabo. 2009. Remarks on the genus Bathangia Keferstein, 1859, with the re-description of the holotype of the type species Bathangia sessilis (Schlotheim, 1820)(Anthozoa, Scleractinia; Middle Eocene [Lutetian]). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 122(4):393-398 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Bathangia sessilis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 33.9 Ma Oligocene |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1859 | Bathangia Keferstein |
| 2009 | Bathangia Baron-Szabo |
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!
