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Clypeina ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Chlorophyta : Ulvophyceae : Dasycladales : Dasycladaceae : Clypeina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Chlorophyta : Dasycladophyceae : Dasycladales : Polyphysaceae : Clypeina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Clypeina Michelin, 1845 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Icon. Zooph., (13-19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 237 - 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 59.2 - 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | coastal,inner shelf,oligotrophic,hypersaline,marine,brackish (based on Dasycladales) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Dasycladales) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | photoautotroph (based on Dasycladales) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite,porous (based on Dasycladales) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Clypeina tubaeformis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1845 | Clypeina Michelin |
| 1978 | Clypeina Bassoulet and et al. |
| 2002 | Clypeina Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2003 | Clypeina Senowbari-Daryan |
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!
