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Tuvaelites ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Alveolitidae : Tuvaelites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Favositida : Alveolitidae : Tuvaelites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | doubtful | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Tuvaelites Chekhovich, 1971 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 443 - 439 Ma Silurian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 423 - 419 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Tabulata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder, photosymbiotic (based on Tabulata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Tabulata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | V. D. Chekhovich. 1971. Novoye v Alveolitina (zamechaniya k sistematike) [New data on Alveolitina, comments relating to systematics]. Tabulyaty i geliolitoidei paleozoya SSSR [Paleozoic Tabulata and Heliolitoidea of the USSR], Papers of II Allunion Symposium on fossil corals of the USSR (1):155-165 |
Fossil Distribution
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1971 | Tuvaelites Chekhovich |
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!