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Lapworthuridae ✝
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Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Lapworthuridae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Oegophiurida : Lapworthuridae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Lapworthuridae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 453 - 445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 365 - 361 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Ophiuroidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | slow-moving (based on Ophiuroidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Ophiuroidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | detritivore, suspension feeder (based on Ophiuroidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Ophiuroidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. W. Gregory. 1897. On the classification of the Palaeozoic echinoderms of the group Ophiuroidea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1896:1028-1044 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Hallaster ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Lapworthura ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 421 Ma Silurian | 409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Miospondylus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Ophiopolytretus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Palaeospondylidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Palaeospondylidae |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1897 | Lapworthuridae Gregory |
1899 | Palaeospondylidae Stürtz p. 201 |
1915 | Lapworthuridae Schuchert p. 248 |
1965 | Lapworthuridae Owen p. 554 |
1966 | Lapworthuridae Spencer and Wright p. U88 |
1999 | Lapworthuridae Webster et al. p. 482 |
2006 | Lapworthuridae Glass and Poschmann p. 971 |
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!