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Stauriina β
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| Rank | suborder (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Stauriida : Stauriina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 488 - 472 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 260 - 254 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Rugosa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Rugosa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Rugosa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. Hill. 1981. Rugosa and Tabulata. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology 1(F) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Amplexidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 342 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 260 Ma Permian | |
| Centristelidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | |
| Kiziliidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 345 Ma Carboniferous | 331 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Neocolumnariidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Pycnostylidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 97 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | |
| Stauriidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 303 | 488 Ma Cambrian | 383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian |
References
| Hill D. (1981) Rugosa and Tabulata, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology 1 F |
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!
