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Paraconodontida ✝
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| Rank | order (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Paraconodontida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 520 - 516 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 466 - 464 Ma Middle Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Conodonta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Conodonta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Conodonta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite (based on Conodonta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | M. Steiner, G. Li, and Y. Qian, M. Zhu. 2004. Lower Cambrian Small Shelly Fossils of northern Sichuan and southern Shaanxi (China), and their biostratigraphic importance. Geobios 37:259-275 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Furnishinacea ✝ superfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Furnishina ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 128 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Muellerodus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 22 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 497 Ma Cambrian | |
| Nogamiconus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 497 Ma Cambrian | 497 Ma Cambrian | |
| Proacodus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 497 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Problematoconites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 14 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 497 Ma Cambrian | |
| Prooneotodus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 98 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Prosagittodontus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 23 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 497 Ma Cambrian | |
| Serratocambria ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 497 Ma Cambrian | 497 Ma Cambrian | |
| Trolmenia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 8 | 497 Ma Cambrian | 497 Ma Cambrian | |
| Westergaardodina ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 76 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1962 | Paraconodontida Müller |
| 1983 | Paraconodontida Azmi and Pancholi p. 366 |
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!
