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Sphenothallus ✝
| Description | Sphenothallus is a problematic extinct genus lately attributed to the conulariids. It was widespread in shallow marine environments during the Paleozoic. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphenothallus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source Data |
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Scyphozoa : Sphenothallus | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | doubtful | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Sphenothallus | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 520 - 516 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 345 - 345 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Scyphozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecospace Comments | Attached to Selkirkia fragments | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphenothallus |
Fossil Distribution
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2002 | Sphenothallus Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
| Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560 |
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!
