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Teganium ✝
Description | Nolana (Chilean bell flower) is a genus of hard annual or perennial plants in the nightshade family. The genus is mostly native to Chile and Peru. Species in this genus, especially N. paradoxa, serve as a model system for studies on flower color. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teganium, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Teganium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Reticulosa : Teganium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Teganium Rauff, 1894 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Palaeontogr., 40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 443 - 419 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 443 - 419 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Hexactinellida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Reticulosa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Hexactinellida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Reticulosa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | silica (based on Hexactinellida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teganium |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Teganium claviforme species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Teganium subsphaericum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2002 | Teganium Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!