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Periodon ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Ozarkodinida : Periodon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 488 - 472 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 445 - 443 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Conodonta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed (based on Conodonta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Conodonta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite (based on Conodonta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Periodon aculeatus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 30 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 458 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
Periodon grandis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 19 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1913 | Periodon Hadding |
1941 | Loxognathus Graves and Ellison |
2002 | Periodon Sepkoski, Jr. |
2008 | Periodon Donoghue et al. |
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!