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Cyathophyllina ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | suborder (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Stauriida : Cyathophyllina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 470 - 444 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 209 - 201 Ma Mesozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. 1981. Rugosa and Tabulata. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology 1(F) |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Bethanyphyllidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 47 | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Campophyllidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 17 | 441 Ma Silurian | 265 Ma Permian | |
Cyathophyllidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 180 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Eridophyllidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 115 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Ptychophyllidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 65 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Zaphrentidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 323 | 470 Ma Middle Ordovician | 265 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1889 | Cyathophyllina Nicholson |
1981 | Cyathophyllina Hill |
References
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!