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Abrograptidae ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Hemichordata : Graptolithina : Abrograptidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 467 - 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 450 - 443 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | passively mobile (based on Graptoloida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Graptolithina) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Graptoloida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | sclero-protein (based on Graptolithina) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. E. Jackson. 1966. On the occurrence of Parabrograptus and Sinograptus from the Middle Ordovician of western Canada. Geological Magazine 103(30022):263-268 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Parabrograptus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
Reteograptus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 45 | 467 Ma Middle Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1958 | Abrograptidae Mu |
1966 | Abrograptidae Jackson p. 203 |
References
Jackson D. E. (1966) On the occurrence of Parabrograptus and Sinograptus from the Middle Ordovician of western Canada, Geological Magazine 103 30022, 263-268 |
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!