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Sphaeronitida ✝
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| Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Diploporita : Sphaeronitida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 453 - 445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 427 - 419 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Diploporita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Diploporita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Diploporita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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. Regnéll. 1945. Non-Crinoid Pelmatozoa from the Paleozoic of Sweden. Meddelanden från Lunds Geologisk-Mineralogiska Institution 108:1-255 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Holocystitidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 53 | 445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 427 Ma Silurian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1889 | Sphaeronitida Neumayr |
| 1983 | Sphaeronitida Paul and Bockelie |
| 1984 | Sphaeronitida Bockelie |
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!
