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Ambocoelia ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Ambocoeliidae : Ambocoelia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Ambocoelia Hall, 1860 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Ann. Rep. New York Cab., 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 427 - 419 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 279 - 272 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Ambocoelioidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Rhynchonellata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Ambocoelioidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Ambocoelia capillata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ambocoelia carbonaria species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ambocoelia circinatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ambocoelia girtyi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ambocoelia lobata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ambocoelia norwoodi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ambocoelia planiconvexa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ambocoelia pseudoumbonata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ambocoelia recidiva species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ambocoelia rogeri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ambocoelia tuberculata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | |
Ambocoelia umbonata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 174 | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Ambocoelia urii ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Ambocoelia virginiana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Spirifer (Ambocoelia) circinatus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 299 Ma Carboniferous | |
Spirifer circinatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Ambocoilia Carpenter, 1867 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Ambocoeliidae : Ambocoilia |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1860 | Ambocoelia Hall |
1900 | Spirifer (Ambocoelia) Schellwien p. 89 |
1931 | Ambocoelia George |
2002 | Ambocoelia Sepkoski, Jr. |
2006 | Ambocoelia Williams et al. p. 1733 |
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!