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Calcifoliida ✝
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Source Data |
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Rank | order (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Rhodophyta : Rhodophyceae : Calcifoliida | |||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 347 - 336 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 315 - 307 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | coastal,inner shelf,marine (based on Rhodophyceae) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Rhodophyceae) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | photoautotroph (based on Rhodophyceae) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | high Mg calcite,porous (based on Rhodophyceae) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. Vachard and M. Aretz. 2004. Biostratigraphical precisions on the Early Serpukhovian (Late Mississippian), by means of a carbonate algal microflora (cyanobacteria, algae and pseudo-algae) from La Serre (Montagne Noire, France). Geobios 37(5):643-666 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Calcifoliaceae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 339 Ma Carboniferous | 331 Ma Carboniferous | |
Fasciellidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 16 | 347 Ma Carboniferous | 315 Ma Carboniferous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1977 | Calcifoliida Termier |
2003 | Calcifoliida Kiessling |
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!