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Palaeopsammia ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Guyniidae : Palaeopsammia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Palaeopsammia Wanner, 1902 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Palaeontogr., 30 (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 140 - 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 55.8 - 46.2 Ma Eocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Guyniidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Guyniidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Guyniidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Palaeopsammia cardabiaensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Palaeopsammia collignoni ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Palaeopsammia zitteli ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 50 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 55.8 Ma Eocene | |
| Palaeopsammia zljebinensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Sakalavicyathus collignoni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trochocyathus zitteli species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1902 | Palaeopsammia Wanner |
| 1956 | Palaeopsammia Wells |
| 1958 | Diegosmilia Alloiteau |
| 1958 | Kumbiopsammia Alloiteau |
| 1958 | Sakalavicyathus Alloiteau |
| 2002 | Diegosmilia Baron-Szabo |
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2002 | Kumbiopsammia Baron-Szabo |
| 2002 | Diegosmilia Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2002 | Kumbiopsammia Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2002 | Palaeopsammia Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2002 | Sakalavicyathus 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!
