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Palaeacis ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Palaeacidae : Palaeacis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Favositida : Palaeacidae : Palaeacis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Palaeacis Haime, 1857 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Hist. Cor. Atlas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 359 - 354 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 345 - 331 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Palaeacis bifidus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Palaeacis carinata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 345 Ma Carboniferous | 345 Ma Carboniferous | |
Palaeacis cuneiformis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 347 Ma Carboniferous | 345 Ma Carboniferous | |
Palaeacis kingi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Palaeacis regularis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Palaeacis snideri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Palaeacis testata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Palaeacis tubifer ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Palaeacis walcotti species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1857 | Palaeacis Haime |
1981 | Palaeacis Hill |
2002 | Palaeacis 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!