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Synthetostroma ✝
Source Data |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Trupetostromatidae : Synthetostroma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Stromatoporoidea : Stromatoporellida : Trupetostromatidae : Synthetostroma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Synthetostroma Lecompte, 1951 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 419 - 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 383 - 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Stromatoporoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Stromatoporoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder, photosymbiotic (based on Stromatoporoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Stromatoporoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Synthetostroma bifarium species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1951 | Synthetostroma Lecompte |
1999 | Synthetostroma Stearn et al. |
2002 | Synthetostroma 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!