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Romingeria ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Romingeriidae : Romingeria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Auloporida : Romingeriidae : Romingeria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Romingeria Nicholson, 1879 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Struct. Affin. tab. Corals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 443 - 431 Ma Silurian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 376 - 371 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Auloporida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Auloporida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low 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
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Aulopora umbellifera species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Romingeria fasciculata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Romingeria jacksoni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Romingeria minor species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Romingeria nana ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 439 Ma Silurian | 433 Ma Silurian | |
| Romingeria umbellifera ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Romingeria vannula species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1879 | Romingeria Nicholson |
| 1966 | Romingeria Klaamann |
| 1981 | Romingeria Hill |
| 2002 | Romingeria 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!
