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Ottoiidae ✝
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Priapulida : Ottoiidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 516 - 513 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 513 - 499 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Priapulida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Priapulida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Priapulida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | no hard parts (based on Priapulida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | S. Conway Morris. 1977. Fossil priapulid worms. Special Papers in Palaeontology 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Ottoia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 31 | 516 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1911 | Ottoiidae Walcott |
| 1977 | Ottoiidae Conway Morris |
| 1911 | Ottoiidae Walcott |
| 1977 | Ottoiidae Conway Morris |
| 1911 | Ottoiidae Walcott |
| 1977 | Ottoiidae Conway Morris |
References
| Conway Morris S. (1977) Fossil priapulid worms, Special Papers in Palaeontology 20 |
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!
