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Sinosachites ✝
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Aculifera : Halkieriidae : Sinosachites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 541 - 520 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 516 - 513 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Halkieriidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | grazer (based on Halkieriidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Sinosachites flabelliformis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 520 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1980 | Sinosachites He |
2002 | Sinosachites Sepkoski, Jr. |
2002 | Thambetolepis Sepkoski, Jr. |
2007 | Sinosachites Conway Morris and Caron p. 1258 |
2007 | Thambetolepis Conway Morris and Caron p. 1258 |
2010 | Sinosachites Parkhaev and Demidenko p. 992 |
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!