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Radiolus ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Radiolus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Radiolus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Radiolus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 247 - 242 Ma Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 7.25 - 5.33 Ma Miocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Echinoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Echinoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | grazer, deposit feeder (based on Echinoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Echinoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Radiolus adametzi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Radiolus alutensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Radiolus antipai species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Radiolus boletus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Radiolus culter species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Radiolus festuca species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Radiolus funginus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Radiolus fusus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Radiolus herbichi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Radiolus racadaui species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Radiolus rostratus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Radiolus segmentatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2002 | Radiolus Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!