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Conulariidae ✝
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| Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Staurozoa : Stauromedusae : Conulariidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Scyphozoa : Conulariida : Conulariidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Conulariidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 479 - 466 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 206 - 201 Ma Mesozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Conulariida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Scyphozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Conulariida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Conulariida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J.d.M. Leme, M.G. Simoes, and AC Marques, H. Van Iten. 2008. Cladistic analysis of the Suborder Conulariina Miller and Gurley, 1896 (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa; Vendian-Triassic). Palaeontology 51(3):649-662 |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Conulariinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 272 Ma Permian | |
| Paraconulariinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 13 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Beijingoconularia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
| Calloconularia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 331 Ma Carboniferous | 299 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Conularia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 200 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | |
| Diconularia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 272 Ma Permian | |
| Flectoconularia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Gondaconularia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Metaconularia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Neoconularia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 272 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian | |
| Notoconularia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 13 | 323 Ma Carboniferous | 269 Ma Permian | |
| Paraconularia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 85 | 439 Ma Silurian | 206 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Pustuloconularia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 260 Ma Permian | 260 Ma Permian | |
| Archaeoconularia coronata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Archaeoconularia homfrayi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Archaeoconularia llanvirnensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Holoconularia geesensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Holoconularia kinderleni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1886 | Conulariidae Walcott |
| 2008 | Conulariidae Leme et al. |
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!
Patacamaya, Patacamaya Municipality, Aroma Province, La Paz, Bolivia