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Pentremitidae ✝
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Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Spiraculata : Pentremitidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 359 - 354 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 296 - 290 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Blastoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Blastoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Blastoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. D. Webster and P.A. Jell. 1992. Permian echinoderms from Western Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 32(1):311-373 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Pentremites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 230 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 318 Ma Carboniferous | |
Rhopaloblastus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 296 Ma Permian | 296 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1851 | Pentremitidae d'Orbigny p. 139 |
1992 | Pentremitidae Webster and Jell p. 367 |
References
Webster G. D., Jell P.A. (1992) Permian echinoderms from Western Australia, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 32 1, 311-373 |
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!