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Calathium ✝
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Chlorophyta : Chlorophyceae : Receptaculitidae : Calathium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 488 - 478 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 269 - 260 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Receptaculitidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Receptaculitidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | photoautotroph (based on Receptaculitidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Receptaculitidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J.-S. Fan, Y.-M. Wang, and Y.-S. Wu. 2002. Calcisponges and hydrozoans from Permian reefs in western Guangxi (in Chinese). Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 41:334-348 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Calathium formosum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Calathium yersini ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1865 | Calathium Billings |
1991 | Calathium Church p. 603 |
2002 | Calathium Fan et al. |
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!