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Fahraeosodus ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Fahraeosodus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 479 - 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 479 - 466 Ma Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Conodonta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed (based on Conodonta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Conodonta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite (based on Conodonta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. Lehnert, M. Keller, and D. Bordonaro. 1998. Early Ordovician conodonts from the southern Cuyania terrane (Mendoza Province, Argentina). Palaeontologia Polonica 58:47-65 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Fahraeosodus marathonensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1988 | Fahraeosodus Stouge and Bagnoli |
1998 | Fahraeosodus Lehnert et al. |
References
Lehnert D., Keller M., et al (1998) Early Ordovician conodonts from the southern Cuyania terrane (Mendoza Province, Argentina), Palaeontologia Polonica 58, 47-65 |
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!