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Coeloscleritophora ✝
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Rank | class (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Problematica : Coeloscleritophora | ||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 541 - 530 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 497 - 485 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Coeloscleritophora) | ||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Coeloscleritophora) | ||||||||||||||||||
Diet | grazer (based on Coeloscleritophora) | ||||||||||||||||||
Ecospace Comments | LIFE HISTORY: Surficial, fully motile slow, grazer according to Bambach et al (2007) | ||||||||||||||||||
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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Chancelloriida ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 631 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 497 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1981 | Coeloscleritophora Bengston and Missarzhevsky |
2002 | Coeloscleritophora 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!