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Petasotheca

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)7649https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=7649
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Hyolitha : Orthothecida : Petasotheca
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
-Lophophorata
phylumHyolithaMarek 1963
orderOrthothecidaMarek 1966
genusPetasothecaLanding and Bartowski 1996
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Petasothecagenusbelongs to Orthothecidastated with evidenceLanding and Bartowski, 1996
Petasothecagenusbelongs to Circothecidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance530 - 516 Ma
Cambrian
Last Recorded Appearance516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Environmentmarine (based on Hyolitha)
Motilitystationary (based on Hyolitha)
Visionblind (based on Hyolitha)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Hyolitha)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Hyolitha)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. Landing and K.E. Bartowski. 1996. Oldest shelly fossils from the Taconic Allochthon and late Early Cambrian sea-levels in eastern Laurentia. Journal of Paleontology 70(5):741-761

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Petasotheca minuta
species
listed (PBDB)3516 Ma
Cambrian
516 Ma
Cambrian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1996Petasotheca Landing and Bartowski p. 757
2002Petasotheca Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Landing E., Bartowski K.E. (1996) Oldest shelly fossils from the Taconic Allochthon and late Early Cambrian sea-levels in eastern Laurentia, Journal of Paleontology 70 5, 741-761
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
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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