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Khmeria ✝
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Ascidiacea : Khmeriamorpha : Khmeriidae : Khmeria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 269 - 265 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 235 - 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Urochordata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Urochordata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Khmeria minima ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Khmeria problematica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 269 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
Khmeria stolonifera ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 265 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1914 | Khmeria Mansuy |
1981 | Khmeria Hill |
2002 | Khmeria Sepkoski, Jr. |
2018 | Khmeria Wendt p. 587 |
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!