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Polycostatus ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Protopanderodontida : Protopanderodontidae : Polycostatus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 501 - 485 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 466 - 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Conodonta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Conodonta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Conodonta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite (based on Conodonta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | Z. Ji and C. R. Barnes. 1996. Uppermost Cambrian and Lower Ordovician conodont biostratigraphy of the Survey Peak Formation (Ibexian/Tremadoc), Wilcox Pass, Alberta, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 70(5):871-890 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Polycostatus falsioneotensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Polycostatus oneotensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1994 | Polycostatus Ji and Barnes |
| 2002 | Polycostatus Pyle and Barnes p. 78 |
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!
