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Atelodictyon ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Stromatoporoidea : Clathrodictyida : Atelodictyidae : Atelodictyon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 426 - 423 Ma Silurian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 365 - 361 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Stromatoporoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Stromatoporoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder, photosymbiotic (based on Stromatoporoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Stromatoporoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Atelodictyon cylindricum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Atelodictyon dewalense ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | |
| Atelodictyon flexuosum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Atelodictyon morytuense ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | |
| Atelodictyon ordinatum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | 383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Atelodictyon sphaericum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Atelodictyon stelliferum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 12 | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | 383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1951 | Atelodictyon Lecompte |
| 1999 | Atelodictyon Stearn et al. |
| 2002 | Atelodictyon Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!
