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Pragnellia

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4882414https://www.gbif.org/species/4882414
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)5001https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=5001
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Pragnellia
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Heliolitida : Pragnellia
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderHeliolitidaFrech 1897
suborderHeliolitinaFrech 1897
superfamilyCoccoseridicaeKiaer 1899
genusPragnelliaLeith 1952
Scientific NamePragnellia Leith, 1952
Name Published InJ. Paleont., 26
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Pragnelliagenusbelongs to Coccoseridicaestated with evidenceHill, 1981
Pragnelliagenusbelongs to Tabulatasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance456 - 450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance452 - 443 Ma
Paleozoic
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Tabulata)
Visionblind (based on Anthozoa)
Dietsuspension feeder, photosymbiotic (based on Tabulata)
Taphonomylow 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

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Pragnellia arborescens
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pragnellia delicatula
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1452 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
452 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1952Pragnellia Leith
1981Pragnellia Hill
2002Pragnellia Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Hill D. (1981) Rugosa and Tabulata, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology 1 F
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
J. Paleont., 26 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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!
 
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