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Ufimia ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Plerophyllidae : Ufimia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Stauriida : Plerophyllidae : Ufimia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Ufimia Stuckenberg, 1895 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Mém. Com. Géol. St. Pétersbourg, 10, no. 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 408 - 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 254 - 252 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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| Plerophyllum differentiatum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tachylasma elongatum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tachylasma vanganensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ufimia arctica ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 265 Ma Permian | 260 Ma Permian | |
| Ufimia biforma species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ufimia carbonaria ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 290 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Ufimia differentiata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 28 | 260 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Ufimia elongata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 9 | 307 Ma Carboniferous | 260 Ma Permian | |
| Ufimia hudsoni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ufimia hunzensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 272 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian | |
| Ufimia khaokaeonoiensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
| Ufimia persymmetricum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 279 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian | |
| Ufimia radiciformis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ufimia vanganensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 272 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1895 | Ufimia Shtukenberg |
| 1936 | Rhopalolasma Hudson |
| 1956 | Ufimia Hill |
| 1981 | Ufimia Hill |
| 2002 | Ufimia 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!
