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Cyclus ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Cycloidea : Cyclidae : Cyclus | |||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | |||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 311 - 307 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 311 - 307 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Cyclidae) | |||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Cyclidae) | |||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Cyclus americanus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 311 Ma Carboniferous | 311 Ma Carboniferous | |
Cyclus radialis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Cyclus rankini ✝ species | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1841 | Cyclus de Koninck |
1967 | Cyclus Goldring p. 318 |
1969 | Cyclus Glaessner p. 569 |
2002 | Cyclus Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!