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Khmeriidae ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Ascidiacea : Khmeriamorpha : Khmeriidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 272 - 269 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 235 - 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Urochordata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Urochordata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. Montanaro Gallitelli. 1954. Il Permiano del Sosio e i suoi coralli. Palaeontographica Italica 49:1-98 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Imilce ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 272 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian | |
Khmeria ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 9 | 269 Ma Permian | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Permosoma ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 9 | 269 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
Zardinisoma ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1954 | Khmeriidae Montanaro Gallitelli p. 52 |
1981 | Khmeriidae Hill |
2007 | Khmeriidae Senowbari-Daryan et al. |
2018 | Khmeriidae Wendt p. 587 |
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!