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Dictyonema

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)33553https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=33553
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Hemichordata : Graptolithina : Dendroidea : Dendrograptidae : Dictyonema
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ambulacraria
phylumHemichordataBateson 1885
classPterobranchiaLankester 1877
classGraptolithina
orderDendroideaNicholson 1872
familyDendrograptidaeRoemer 1897
genusDictyonemaHall 1851
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Dictyonemagenusbelongs to Dendroideasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Dictyonemagenusbelongs to Dendrograptidaestated without evidenceMaletz, 2006
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance501 - 499 Ma
Cambrian
Last Recorded Appearance388 - 383 Ma
Devonian
Motilitystationary (based on Dendroidea)
Visionblind (based on Graptolithina)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Dendroidea)
Ecospace CommentsPlanktonic (McKerrow, 1979).
Taphonomysclero-protein (based on Graptolithina)
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

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Dictyonema macgillivrayi
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Dictyonema pulchellum
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2485 Ma
Cambrian
485 Ma
Cambrian
Dictyonema ramosissimum
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1501 Ma
Cambrian
501 Ma
Cambrian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1851Dictyonema Hall
2002Dictyonema Sepkoski, Jr.
2006Dictyonema Maletz p. 225

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Maletz J. (2006) Middle Devonian dendroid graptolites from the Brilon Reef area (Rheinisches Schiefergebirge, Germany), Paläontologische Zeitschrift 80 3, 221-229
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!
 
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