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Lamottiidae ✝
Source Data |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Lamottiidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Favositida : Lamottiidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Lamottiidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 468 - 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Tabulata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder, photosymbiotic (based on Tabulata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Tabulata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. Hill. 1981. Rugosa and Tabulata. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology 1(F) |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Lamottia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 468 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1950 | Lamottiidae Sokolov |
1981 | Lamottiidae Hill |
1988 | Lamottiidae Edwards |
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!