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Protostomia
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| Rank | unranked clade (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Protostomia | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 168,686 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 25,365 (15%) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 635 - 541 Ma Neoproterozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | K. Grobben. 1908. Die systematische Einteilung des Tierreiches. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 58:491-511 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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 Ecdysozoaunranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 140,469 | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Spiralia unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 650,423 | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1908 | Protostomia Grobben p. 497 |
| 2005 | Protostomia Peterson et al. p. 38 |
| 2011 | Protostomia Edgecombe et al. p. 153 figs. Fig. 1 |
| 2012 | Protostomia Nielsen p. 87 figs. Fig. 16.1 |
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!
