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Carinolithes ✝
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Hyolitha : Hyolithida : Carinolithidae : Carinolithes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 516 - 513 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Hyolitha) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Hyolithida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Hyolitha) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Hyolithida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | minor ribbing (based on Carinolithes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. V. Sysoev. 1958. The superorder Hyolithoidea. In N. P. Luppov, V. V. Drushits (eds.), Principles of Palaeontology. Mollusca, Cephalopoda 6:1-359 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Carinolithes bohemicus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Carinolithes pennatulus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 516 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1958 | Carinolithes Sysoev p. 188 |
1962 | Carinolithes Fisher p. 124 |
2002 | Carinolithes Kruse p. 370 |
2002 | Carinolithes Sepkoski, Jr. |
2011 | Carinolithes Valent et al. pp. 102 - 103 |
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!