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Lophophyllidium profundum β
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| Rank | species (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Stauriida : Lophophyllidiidae : Lophophyllidium : Lophophyllidium profundum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 314 - 306 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 303 - 299 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Rugosa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Rugosa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Lophophyllidium) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. M. Jeffords. 1942. Lophophyllid Corals from Lower Pennsylvanian Rocks of Kansas and Oklahoma. Kansas Geological Survey Bulletin 41(5):185-260 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1851 | Cyathaxonia profunda Milne-Edward and Haime p. 323 |
| 1915 | Lophophyllum profundum Girty pp. 19 - 27 figs. Plate 11, figures 1-&; Plate VI, figures 12, 14. |
| 1942 | Lophophyllidium profundum Jeffords figs. Plate 1, figure 4; plate 8, figure 4 |
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!
