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Cystiphylloides ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Cystiphyllida : Cystiphyllidae : Cystiphylloides | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 423 - 419 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 388 - 382 Ma Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Rugosa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Rugosa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Rugosa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Cystiphylloides (Cladionophyllum) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Cystiphylloides (Comanaphyllum) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Cystiphylloides (Lythophyllum) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 29 | 423 Ma Silurian | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | |
Cystiphylloides (Skoliophyllum) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1893 | Mesophyllum (Cystiphylloides) Chapman |
1981 | Cystiphylloides Hill |
2002 | Cystiphylloides 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!