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Zeugophiurina
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Rank | suborder (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Oegophiurida : Zeugophiurina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (6.3%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 453 - 445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | H. Matsumoto. 1929. Outline of a classification of Echinodermata. Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University, Sendai, Japan, ser. 2, Geology 13(2):27-33 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Furcasteridae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Lapworthuridae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1957 | Zeugophiuricae Lehmann p. 53 |
1965 | Zeugophiuricae Owen p. 554 |
1966 | Zeugophiurina Spencer and Wright p. U87 |
1983 | Zeugophiurina Haude and Thomas p. 128 |
1999 | Zeugophiurina Webster et al. p. 482 |
2001 | Zeugophiurina Boczarowski p. 29 |
2006 | Zeugophiurina Glass and Poschmann p. 971 |
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!