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Lithostrotionidae ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Stauriida : Lithostrotionidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 450 - 444 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 279 - 272 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Rugosa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Rugosa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Rugosa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. Hill. 1956. Rugosa. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology F:233-323 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Acrocyathinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 347 Ma Carboniferous | 345 Ma Carboniferous | |
Aulininae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 24 | 347 Ma Carboniferous | 323 Ma Carboniferous | |
Diphyphyllinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 124 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 279 Ma Permian | |
Lithostrotioninae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 257 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
Thysanophyllinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 33 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 296 Ma Permian | |
Cionodendrom ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Heterostrotion ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Siphonodendron ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 190 | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | 323 Ma Carboniferous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1851 | Lithostrotionidae d'Orbigny |
1956 | Lithostrotionidae Hill |
1981 | Lithostrotionidae Hill |
References
Hill D. (1956) Rugosa, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology F, 233-323 |
Hill D. (1981) Rugosa and Tabulata, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology 1 F |
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!
Sligo County, Connacht, Ireland