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Heliolitida ✝
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| Rank | order (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Heliolitida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 158 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 488 - 472 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 383 - 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Tabulata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder, photosymbiotic (based on Tabulata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Tabulata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | T.C. Gierlowski and R. L. Langenheim, Jr. 1985. Corals from the Late Ordovician Horseshoe Mountain Member, Bighorn Dolomite, Bighorn Mountains, Sheridan County, Wyoming. Wyoming Geological Association Earth Science Bulletin 18:1-21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Halysitina ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | 806 | 488 Ma Cambrian | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Heliolitina ✝ order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1,199 | 470 Ma Middle Ordovician | 383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1897 | Heliolitida Frech |
| 1985 | Heliolitida Gierlowski and Langenheim, Jr. |
| 1998 | Heliolitida Dixon |
| 2003 | Heliolitida Kiessling |
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!
Wisconsin, USA