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Ceratoconidae
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| Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Ceratoconidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Ceratoconidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Ceratoconidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 541 - 530 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | slow-moving (based on Helcionelloida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Helcionelloida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | detritivore (based on Helcionelloida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | V. V. Missarzhevsky. 1989. Oldest skeletal fossils of late Precambrian and early Cambrian age: a review of recent work. Trudy Geologicheskogo Instituta AN SSSR 443:1-231 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Ceratoconus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 530 Ma Cambrian | |
| Masculuconus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 541 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1989 | Ceratoconidae Missarzhevsky |
| 2020 | Ceratoconidae Wagner p. HT567 |
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!
