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Aulostegites ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)4816https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=4816
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Auloporida : Aulocystidae : Aulostegites
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderAuloporidaSokolov 1947
superfamilyAuloporicaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1851
familyAulocystidaeSokolov 1950
genusAulostegitesLejeune and Pel 1973
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Aulostegitesgenusbelongs to Aulocystidaestated with evidenceHill, 1981
Aulostegitesgenusbelongs to Tabulatasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance388 - 383 Ma
Devonian
Last Recorded Appearance383 - 359 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Auloporida)
Visionblind (based on Anthozoa)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Auloporida)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Tabulata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1973Aulostegites Lejeune and Pel
1981Aulostegites Hill
2002Aulostegites Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Hill D. (1981) Rugosa and Tabulata, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology 1 F
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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