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Paracaninia ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Plerophyllidae : Paracaninia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Stauriida : Plerophyllidae : Paracaninia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Paracaninia Chi, 1937 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Bull. Geol. Soc. China, 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 279 - 272 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 254 - 252 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Rugosa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Rugosa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Rugosa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | X.-D. Wang and T. Sugiyama. 2001. Middle Permian rugose corals from Laibin, Guangzi, South China. Journal of Paleontology 75(4):758-782 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Caninia liangshanensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caninia tzuchiangensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Paracaninia ephippia ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
| Paracaninia guichiensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Paracaninia lhazeensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 269 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian | |
| Paracaninia liangshanensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 279 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Paracaninia minor ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 279 Ma Permian | 260 Ma Permian | |
| Paracaninia sana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Paracaninia similis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 9 | 272 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Paracaninia sinensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 279 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Paracaninia suobeishanensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 272 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian | |
| Paracaninia tzuchiangensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
| Paracaninia wuguishanensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
| Paracaninia xiukangensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 269 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian | |
| Pleramplexus similis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1937 | Paracaninia Chi |
| 1981 | Paracaninia Hill |
| 2001 | Paracaninia Wang and Sugiyama p. 775 |
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!
