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Kordephyton ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Rhodophyta : Cambrinaceae : Kordephyton | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Rhodophyta : Kordephyton | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | doubtful | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Kordephyton K.V.Radugin & M V.Stepanova | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 520 - 516 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 453 - 445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | Q. Li, Y. Li, and W. Kiessling. 2015. The first sphinctozoan-bearing reef from an Ordovician back-arc basin. Facies 61(17) |
Fossil Distribution
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1964 | Kordephyton Radugin and Strepanova |
| 2015 | Kordephyton Li et al. |
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!
