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Catenipora ✝
| Description | Catenipora is an extinct genus of tabulate corals in the family Halysitidae, known from the Ordovician to the Silurian. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catenipora, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Halysitidae : Catenipora | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Heliolitida : Halysitidae : Catenipora | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Catenipora Lamarck, 1816 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | An. s. Vert., 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 488 - 472 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 427 - 419 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catenipora |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Catenipora approximata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 443 Ma Silurian | 443 Ma Silurian | |
| Catenipora arctica ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 443 Ma Silurian | 433 Ma Silurian | |
| Catenipora capilliformis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Catenipora copulata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 443 Ma Silurian | 443 Ma Silurian | |
| Catenipora crassaeformis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 433 Ma Silurian | 433 Ma Silurian | |
| Catenipora distans ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 443 Ma Silurian | 443 Ma Silurian | |
| Catenipora elegans ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 439 Ma Silurian | 439 Ma Silurian | |
| Catenipora escharoides ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 443 Ma Silurian | 433 Ma Silurian | |
| Catenipora exilis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 443 Ma Silurian | 427 Ma Silurian | |
| Catenipora gotlandica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 9 | 445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 433 Ma Silurian | |
| Catenipora immemorata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Catenipora martinssoni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Catenipora maxima ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 443 Ma Silurian | 433 Ma Silurian | |
| Catenipora obliqua ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Catenipora oriens species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Catenipora panga ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 439 Ma Silurian | 428 Ma Silurian | |
| Catenipora quadrata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Catenipora rubraeformis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Catenipora septosa ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 443 Ma Silurian | 443 Ma Silurian | |
| Catenipora simplex species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Catenipora tapaensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 26 | 452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 443 Ma Silurian | |
| Catenipora tractabilis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Catenipora vespertina ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 439 Ma Silurian | 428 Ma Silurian | |
| Catenipora workmanae ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Catenipora wrighti ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Halysites elegans species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Halysites gotlandicus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Halysites obliqua species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Halysites robustus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Palaeohalysites tractabilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1816 | Catenipora Lamarck |
| 1966 | Catenipora Klaamann |
| 1985 | Catenipora Murray p. 36 |
| 2002 | Catenipora 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!
