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Brachina ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Brachina | ||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 635 - 541 Ma Neoproterozoic | ||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 635 - 541 Ma Neoproterozoic | ||||||||||
Environment | marine | ||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached | ||||||||||
Diet | osmotroph | ||||||||||
Taphonomy | no hard parts | ||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | M. A. Fedonkin, J. G. Gehling, and K. Grey, G. M. Narbonne, P. Vickers-Rich. 2007. The rise of animals: Evolution and diversification of the Kingdom Animalia. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Brachina delicata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic |
References
Fedonkin M. A., Gehling J. G., et al (2007) The rise of animals: Evolution and diversification of the Kingdom Animalia, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 1-326 |
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!