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Anedriophus ✝
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Edrioasteroidea : Isorophinidae : Anedriophus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 478 - 470 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 478 - 470 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached, epibiont (based on Edrioasteroidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Edrioasteroidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Edrioasteroidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | C. D. Sumrall and S. Zamora. 2011. Ordovician edrioasteroids from Morocco: faunal exchanges across the Rheic Ocean. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 9(3):425-454 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Anedriophus moroccoensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2011 | Anedriophus Sumrall and Zamora |
References
Sumrall C. D., Zamora S. (2011) Ordovician edrioasteroids from Morocco: faunal exchanges across the Rheic Ocean, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 9 3, 425-454 doi:10.1080/14772019.2010.499137 |
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!