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Foerstephyllum ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Favositidae : Foerstephyllum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Sarcinulida : Billingsariidae : Foerstephyllum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Foerstephyllum Bassler, 1950 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 470 - 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 450 - 443 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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| Foerstephyllum parvulum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Foerstephyllum vacuum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Foerstephyllum wissleri ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 468 Ma Middle Ordovician | 468 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1950 | Foerstephyllum Bassler |
| 1981 | Foerstephyllum Hill |
| 1985 | Foerstephyllum Murray p. 32 |
| 2002 | Foerstephyllum 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!
