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Petrocrania scabiosa ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	308594	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=308594

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Craniata : Craniida : Craniidae : Petrocrania : Petrocrania scabiosa

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
-	Lophophorata
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805
subphylum	Craniiformea	Popov et al. 1993
class	Craniata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Craniida	Waagen 1885
superfamily	Cranioidea	(Menke 1828)
family	Craniidae	Menke 1828
genus	Petrocrania	Raymond 1910
species	Petrocrania scabiosa	(Hall 1866)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Petrocrania scabiosa	species	belongs to Crania	stated without evidence	Hall, 1866
Petrocrania scabiosa	species	belongs to Petrocrania	stated without evidence	Richards, 1972

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

450 - 444 Ma
Paleozoic

Environment

marine (based on Craniata)

Motility

stationary, attached, epibiont (based on Petrocrania)

Vision

blind (based on Craniata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Petrocrania)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Craniida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

S. M. Holland and M.E. Patzkowsky. 2007. Gradient ecology of a biotic invasion: biofacies of the type Cincinnatian Series (Upper Ordovician), Cincinnati, Ohio region, USA. Palaios 22:408-423

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1866	Crania scabiosa Hall p. 13
1972	Petrocrania scabiosa Richards figs. pl. 1 f. 1, 3; pl. 3 f. 4

References

Holland S. M., Patzkowsky M.E. (2007) Gradient ecology of a biotic invasion: biofacies of the type Cincinnatian Series (Upper Ordovician), Cincinnati, Ohio region, USA, Palaios 22, 408-423

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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