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Oktavites

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)373540https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=373540
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Hemichordata : Graptolithina : Bireclinata : Monograptidae : Oktavites
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ambulacraria
phylumHemichordataBateson 1885
classPterobranchiaLankester 1877
classGraptolithina
-Graptoloida
-EugraptoloidaMaletz et al. 2009
-ReclinataMaletz et al. 2009
superorderPanbireclinataMaletz et al. 2009
orderBireclinataMaletz et al. 2009
infraorderAxonophoraFrech 1897
infraorderNeograptinaStorch et al. 2011
superfamilyMonograptoideaLapworth 1873
familyMonograptidaeLapworth 1873
genusOktavitesLevina 1928
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Oktavitesgenusbelongs to Monograptidaestated with evidenceRickards et al., 2005
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance443 - 433 Ma
Silurian
Last Recorded Appearance433 - 419 Ma
Paleozoic
Motilitypassively mobile (based on Graptoloida)
Visionblind (based on Graptolithina)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Graptoloida)
Taphonomysclero-protein (based on Graptolithina)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. B. Rickards, R. A. Parkes, and A. J. Wright, (2005) Llandovery (Early Silurian) graptolites from the Quidong Basin, NSW. 2005. Llandovery (Early Silurian) graptolites from the Quidong Basin, NSW. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 126:143-152

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Oktavites bodentoeriensis
species
listed (PBDB)1439 Ma
Silurian
439 Ma
Silurian
Oktavites falx
species
listed (PBDB)2439 Ma
Silurian
439 Ma
Silurian
Oktavites spiralis
species
listed (PBDB)27443 Ma
Silurian
433 Ma
Silurian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1928Oktavites Levina
2005Oktavites Rickards et al. p. 147

References

Rickards R. B., Parkes R. A., et al (2005) Llandovery (Early Silurian) graptolites from the Quidong Basin, NSW, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 126, 143-152
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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