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Inaria ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Medusae : Inaria | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 635 - 541 Ma Neoproterozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 635 - 541 Ma Neoproterozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Inaria) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Inaria) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | osmotroph (based on Inaria) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | no hard parts (based on Inaria) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. G. Gehling. 1988. A cnidarian of actinian-grade from the Ediacaran Pound Subgroup, South Australia. Alcheringa 12:299-314 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Inaria karli ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1988 | Inaria Gehling pp. 303-312 figs. 6-8 |
| 2002 | Inaria Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2011 | Inaria Erwin et al. pp. SOM 16 |
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!
