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Cosmiolithus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4882661https://www.gbif.org/species/4882661
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)4848https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=4848
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Stelliporellidae : Cosmiolithus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Heliolitida : Stelliporellidae : Cosmiolithus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderHeliolitidaFrech 1897
suborderHeliolitinaFrech 1897
superfamilyHelioliticaeLindström 1876
familyStelliporellidaeBondarenko 1971
genusCosmiolithusLindström 1899
Scientific NameCosmiolithus Lindström, 1899
Name Published InK. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. (N. S.) 32, no. 1, 68
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Cosmiolithusgenusbelongs to Stelliporellidaestated with evidenceHill, 1981
Cosmiolithusgenusbelongs to Tabulatasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance433 - 431 Ma
Silurian
Last Recorded Appearance433 - 431 Ma
Silurian
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Tabulata)
Visionblind (based on Anthozoa)
Dietsuspension feeder, photosymbiotic (based on Tabulata)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Tabulata)
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

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Cosmiolithus sewellensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1899Cosmiolithus Lindström
1981Cosmiolithus Hill
2002Cosmiolithus Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Hill D. (1981) Rugosa and Tabulata, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology 1 F
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. (N. S.) 32, no. 1, 68 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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