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Pseudoplasmoporidae ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Pseudoplasmoporidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Heliolitida : Pseudoplasmoporidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Pseudoplasmoporidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 443 - 433 Ma Silurian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 388 - 383 Ma 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) | D. Hill. 1981. Rugosa and Tabulata. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology 1(F) |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Amphilites ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Pachyhelioplasma ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 423 Ma Silurian | 409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Pseudoplasmopora ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 12 | 443 Ma Silurian | 388 Ma Middle Devonian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1963 | Pseudoplasmoporidae Bondarenko |
1981 | Pseudoplasmoporidae Hill |
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!