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Gompholites ✝

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	7740	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=7740

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Gompholites	genus	belongs to Hyolithida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

466 - 461 Ma
Middle Ordovician

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

aragonite (based on Hyolithida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Year	Name and Author
2002	Gompholites Sepkoski, Jr.

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!

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