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Conochitinidae ✝
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Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Prosamatifera : Conochitinidae | ||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 478 - 470 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | ||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 423 - 419 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Nõlvak. 2007. A new chitinozoan species from the Upper Ordovician of the East Baltic. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 56(1):63-64 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Conochitina ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 151 | 478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 423 Ma Silurian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1931 | Conochitinidae Eisenack |
2007 | Conochitinidae Nõlvak p. 63 |
References
Nõlvak J. (2007) A new chitinozoan species from the Upper Ordovician of the East Baltic, Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 56 1, 63-64 |
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!