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Paracarinachites ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Problematica : Cambroclavida : Zhijinitidae : Paracarinachites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 541 - 530 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 530 - 516 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | outer shelf,eutrophic,marine (based on Cambroclavida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | slow-moving (based on Cambroclavida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | detritivore (based on Cambroclavida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Zhijinitidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Paracarinachites sinensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 23 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 530 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1984 | Yangtzechiton Yu p. 24 |
1984 | Luyanhaochiton Yu p. 25 |
2002 | Paracarinachites Sepkoski, Jr. |
2010 | Paracarinachites Parkhaev and Demidenko p. 911 |
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!