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Aldanocyathus ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Regulares : Ajacicyathida : Aldanocyathus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 530 - 520 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 516 - 513 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Regulares) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Regulares) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Regulares) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Regulares) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Regulares) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | V. I. Bondarev and M. A. Minayeva. 1988. Arkheotsiaty i biostratigrafiya kotuyskogo gorizonta nizhnego kembriya Prianabarya [Archaeocyatha and biostratigraphy of the Lower Cambrian Kotuy Horizon of the Anabar region]. Trudy Instituta Geologii i Geofiziki, Sibirskoye Otdeleniye 720:111-133 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Aldanocyathus sunnaginicus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 530 Ma Cambrian | 530 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1979 | Aldanocyathus Voronin |
1988 | Aldanocyathus Bondarev and Minayeva |
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!