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Cystostroma ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Stromatoporoidea : Labechiida : Rosenellidae : Cystostroma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 470 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 365 - 361 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Stromatoporoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Stromatoporoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder, photosymbiotic (based on Stromatoporoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Labechiida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Cystostroma estoniense ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Cystostroma primordia ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 468 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
Cystostroma prodigiosum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Cystostroma vermontense ✝ species | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1957 | Cystostroma Galloway and St Jean |
1964 | Cystostroma Nestor |
1988 | Cystostroma Bolton |
1999 | Cystostroma Stearn et al. |
2002 | Cystostroma 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!