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Axonophora ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)306261https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=306261
Rankinfraorder (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Hemichordata : Graptolithina : Bireclinata : Axonophora
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ambulacraria
phylumHemichordataBateson 1885
classPterobranchiaLankester 1877
classGraptolithina
-Graptoloida
-EugraptoloidaMaletz et al. 2009
-ReclinataMaletz et al. 2009
superorderPanbireclinataMaletz et al. 2009
orderBireclinataMaletz et al. 2009
suborderAxonophoraFrech 1897
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Axonophorainfraorderbelongs to Bireclinatastated with evidenceMaletz et al., 2009
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)127
First Recorded Appearance485 - 478 Ma
Paleozoic
Last Recorded Appearance409 - 383 Ma
Devonian
Motilitypassively mobile (based on Graptoloida)
Visionblind (based on Graptolithina)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Graptoloida)
Taphonomysclero-protein (based on Graptolithina)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. J. Melchin, C. E. Mitchell, and A. Naczk-Cameron, J. X. Fan, J. Loxton. 2011. Phylogeny and adaptive radiation of the Neograptina (Graptoloida) during the Hirnantian Mass Extinction and Silurian recovery. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 58(4):281-309

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Diplograptina ✝
suborder
listed (PBDB)1,148485 Ma
Cambrian
423 Ma
Silurian
Neograptina ✝
infraorder
listed (PBDB)1,585479 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
409 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2009Axonophora Maletz et al. pp. 14 - 15

References

Melchin M. J., Mitchell C. E., et al (2011) Phylogeny and adaptive radiation of the Neograptina (Graptoloida) during the Hirnantian Mass Extinction and Silurian recovery, Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 58 4, 281-309 doi:10.1144/pygs.58.4.301
Maletz J., Carlucci J., et al (2009) Graptoloid cladistics, taxonomy and phylogeny, Bulletin of Geosciences 84 1, 7-19
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!
 
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