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Litanaia ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Chlorophyta : Ulvophyceae : Bryopsidales : Codiaceae : Litanaia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Chlorophyta : Bryopsidophyceae : Bryopsidales : Codiaceae : Litanaia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | doubtful | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Litanaia V.P.Maslov, 1956 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 419 - 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 372 - 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | lagoonal,coastal,inner shelf,marine,brackish,freshwater (based on Chlorophyta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Bryopsidales) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | photoautotroph (based on Bryopsidales) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Bryopsidales) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. Buggisch and E. Fluegel. 1992. Mittel bis oberdevonische Karbonate auf Blatt Weilburg (Rheinisches Schiefergebirge) und in Randgebieten: Initialstadien der Riffentwicklung auf Vulkanschwellen. Geologisches Jahrbuch Hessen 120:77-97 |
Fossil Distribution
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1956 | Litanaia Maslov |
| 1983 | Litanaia Fenninger |
| 1992 | Litanaia Buggisch and Fluegel |
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!
