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Preptopremnum
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Preptopremnum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Preptopremnum Moore & Jeffords, 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Paleont. Contr. Univ. Kans. No. 46 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 311 - 307 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Crinoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Crinoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Crinoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Crinoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | B. E. Buitron-Sanchez, C. Gomez-Espinosa, and E. Almazan-Vazquez, D. Vachard. 2007. A Late Atokan regional encrinite (early Late Moscovian, Middle Pennsylvanian) in the Sierra Agua Verde, Sonora state, NW Mexico. in J. J. Alvaro, M. Aretz, F. Boulvain, A. Munnecke, D. Vachard, E. Vennin, eds., Palaeozoic reefs and bioaccumulations: climatic and evolutionary controls. Geological Society Special Publication 275:201-209 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Preptopremnum laeve species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Preptopremnum rugosum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1968 | Preptopremnum Moore and Jeffords |
| 2007 | Preptopremnum Buitron-Sanchez 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!
