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Peridionites ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Eocrinoidea : Peridionites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 516 - 513 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 513 - 507 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Eocrinoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Eocrinoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Eocrinoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | F. W. Whitehouse. 1941. The Cambrian Faunas of north- eastern Australia. Part 4: Early Cambrian echinoderms similar to the larval stages of recent forms. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 12:1-28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Peridionites navicula ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1941 | Peridionites Whitehouse |
| 2002 | Peridionites Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!
