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Mitrata ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | order (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Stylophora : Mitrata | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 479 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 318 - 315 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | passively mobile (based on Mitrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Stylophora) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Mitrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1918 | Mitrata Jaekel |
1991 | Mitrata Parsley p. 18 |
1994 | Mitrata Ubaghs p. 124 |
2000 | Mitrata Lefebvre p. 900 |
2001 | Mitrata Lefebvre p. 622 |
2002 | Mitrata Sepkoski, Jr. |
2003 | Mitrata Lefebvre and Gutierrez-Marco p. 43 |
2006 | Mitrata Lee et al. p. 1074 |
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!