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Taylorcyathus ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Regulares : Ajacicyathida : Taylorcyathus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 530 - 520 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 516 - 513 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Regulares) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Regulares) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Regulares) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Regulares) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Regulares) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Taylorcyathus malleus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 520 Ma Cambrian | |
Taylorcyathus viai ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 520 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2002 | Taylorcyathus Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560 |
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!