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Rhabdotetradium ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Tetradiidae : Rhabdotetradium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Tetradiida : Tetradiidae : Rhabdotetradium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Rhabdotetradium Sokolov, 1955 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Trud. Vses. Neft. nauch-issled. Geol. Raz. Inst., (N. S.) 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 446 - 443 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Tetradiida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Tetradiidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder, photosymbiotic (based on Tabulata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Tetradiidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Rhabdotetradium frutex ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Rhabdotetradium jiangshanense ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1955 | Rhabdotetradium Sokolov |
1966 | Rhabdotetradium Klaamann |
1981 | Rhabdotetradium Hill |
2002 | Rhabdotetradium 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!