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Gondaconularia ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Scyphozoa : Conulariida : Conulariidae : Gondaconularia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 290 - 279 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 228 - 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Conulariida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Scyphozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Conulariida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Conulariida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. B. Waterhouse. 1986. Taxonomic names, in Late Palaeozoic Scyphozoa and Brachiopoda (Inarticulata, Strophomenida, Productida and Rhynchonellida) from the southeast Bowen Basin, Australia. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 193(1-4):1-76 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Gondaconularia elviniaria ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 290 Ma Permian | 290 Ma Permian | |
Gondaconularia hollandi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 254 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
Gondaconularia magnicosta ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
Gondaconularia triassica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1986 | Gondaconularia Waterhouse pp. 15-16 |
2002 | Gondaconularia 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!