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Stelliporella ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Stelliporellidae : Stelliporella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Heliolitida : Stelliporellidae : Stelliporella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Stelliporella Wentzel, 1895 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 426 - 419 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | 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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| Stelliporella baltica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stelliporella podolica ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 433 Ma Silurian | 427 Ma Silurian | |
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Steliporella Wentzel, 1895 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Stelliporellidae : Steliporella |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1895 | Stelliporella Wentzel |
| 1971 | Stelliporella Bondarenko |
| 2002 | Stelliporella Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2003 | Steliporella Nikitin et al. p. 41 |
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!
