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Placostegus ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Sabellida : Serpulidae : Placostegus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Serpulimorpha : Placostegus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Placostegus Philippi, 1844 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Philippi, A. (1844). Einige Bemerkungen über die Gattung Serpula, nebst Aufzählung der von mir im Mittelmeer mit dem Thier beobachteten Arten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin. 10(1): 186-198, plate 6. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 140 - 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 0.13 - 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine,brackish (based on Serpulimorpha) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, epibiont (based on Serpulimorpha) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Polychaeta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Serpulimorpha) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite, aragonite (based on Serpulimorpha) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Placostegus assimilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Placostegus benthalianus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Placostegus californicus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Placostegus conchophilus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Placostegus crystallinus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Placostegus grayi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Placostegus incomptus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Placostegus laegerdorfensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Placostegus langerhansi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Placostegus porosus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Placostegus proliferus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Placostegus rigidus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Placostegus tridentatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Placostegus violaceus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Placostegus zbyslavus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Placostegus zibrowii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Placotegus McIntosh, 1885 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Sabellida : Serpulidae : Placotegus |
Plagostegus Philippi, 1844 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Sabellida : Serpulidae : Plagostegus |
Eoplacostegus Regenhardt, 1961 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Sabellida : Serpulidae : Eoplacostegus |
Placostegopsis Saint-Joseph, 1894 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Sabellida : Serpulidae : Placostegopsis |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2002 | Placostegus 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!