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Costatulites ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Lophotrochozoa : Tentaculitida : Costatulitidae : Costatulites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 450 - 444 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 443 - 439 Ma Silurian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Tentaculitida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Tentaculitida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Tentaculitida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | M. Ghavidel-Syooki, D. H. Evans, and M. Ghobadi-Pour, L. E. Popov, J. J. Álvaro, U. Rakhmonov, I. A. Klishevich, M. H. Ehsani. 2015. Late Ordovician cephalopods, tentaculitides, machaeridians and echinoderms from Kuh-e Faraghan, High Zagros, Iran. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 39(4):530-549 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Costatulites richmondensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 53 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1982 | Costatulites Berger |
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!
