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Sphaeronitidae ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Diploporita : Sphaeronitidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 43 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 409 - 392 Ma Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Diploporita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Diploporita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Diploporita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. Regnéll. 1945. Non-Crinoid Pelmatozoa from the Paleozoic of Sweden. Meddelanden från Lunds Geologisk-Mineralogiska Institution 108:1-255 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Archaegocystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Diplosphaeronis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Eucystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 16 | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Haplosphaeronis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 30 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Paleosphaeronites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
Sphaeronites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 31 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Tetreucystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1889 | Sphaeronitidae Neumayr |
1945 | Sphaeronitidae Regnéll |
1983 | Sphaeronitidae Paul and Bockelie |
1984 | Sphaeronitidae Bockelie |
2006 | Sphaeronitidae Mergl and Prokop p. 10 |
2010 | Sphaeronitidae Jell p. 35 |
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!