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Pteridinium ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Petalonamae : Pteridinium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 635 - 541 Ma Neoproterozoic | ||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 530 - 516 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | inner shelf,marine (based on Pteridinium) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Pteridinium) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | osmotroph (based on Pteridinium) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ecospace Comments | Data from personal opinion (Lin, pers. comm.) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | no hard parts,thin (based on Pteridinium) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Onegia nenoxa ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Pteridinium carolinaense ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Pteridinium simplex ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1930 | Pteridinium Gurich |
| 1974 | Onegia Keller et al. |
| 2002 | Pteridinium Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2011 | Pteridinium Erwin et al. pp. SOM 13 |
| 2018 | Pteridinium Darroch et al. pp. Supplemental Table 1 |
| 2018 | Pteridinium Hoyal Cuthill and Han p. 8 |
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!
