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Selkirkiidae ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Priapulida : Selkirkiidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 516 - 513 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 513 - 501 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Priapulida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Priapulida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Priapulida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | no hard parts (based on Priapulida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | S. Conway Morris. 1977. Fossil priapulid worms. Special Papers in Palaeontology 20 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Selkirkia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 51 | 516 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1977 | Selkirkiidae Conway Morris |
1988 | Selkirkiidae Conway Morris and Robinson |
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!