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Yatsengiidae ✝
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Stauriida : Yatsengiidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 315 - 307 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 265 - 260 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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| Arachnastraea ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 315 Ma Carboniferous | 315 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Donophyllum ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 315 Ma Carboniferous | 315 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Lasmophyllum ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 296 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Yatsengia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 69 | 290 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1956 | Yatsengiinae Hill |
| 1981 | Yatsengiinae Hill |
| 2001 | Yatsengiidae Wang and Sugiyama p. 777 |
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!
