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Diplograptoidea ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | order (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Hemichordata : Graptolithina : Diplograptoidea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Common Name | diplograptoid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 56 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 423 - 419 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | passively mobile (based on Graptolithina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Graptolithina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Graptolithina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | sclero-protein (based on Graptolithina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. Lapworth. 1880. XIV. — On new British Graptolites. Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Series 5 5(26):149-177 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Diplograptidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 898 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 423 Ma Silurian | |
Levisograptus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 14 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician |
References
Lapworth C. XIV. — On new British Graptolites, Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Series 5 5 26, 149-177 doi:10.1080/00222938009459397 |
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!