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Thysanophyllum ✝
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Lithostrotionidae : Thysanophyllum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Stauriida : Lithostrotionidae : Thysanophyllum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Thysanophyllum Nicholson & Thomson, 1876 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh, 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 359 - 347 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 296 - 290 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Rugosa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Rugosa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Rugosa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Diphyphyllum astraeiforme species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Thysanophyllum astraeiforme ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 345 Ma Carboniferous | 331 Ma Carboniferous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1876 | Thysanophyllum Nicholson and Thomson |
1956 | Thysanophyllum Hill |
1960 | Lithostrotion (Thysanophyllum) Easton p. 576 |
1981 | Thysanophyllum Hill |
2002 | Thysanophyllum 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!