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Zhijinitidae ✝
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Problematica : Cambroclavida : Zhijinitidae | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 39 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 541 - 530 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 516 - 513 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | outer shelf,eutrophic,marine (based on Cambroclavida) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | slow-moving (based on Cambroclavida) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | detritivore (based on Cambroclavida) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecospace Comments | Commonly replaced by phosphate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Zhijinitidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. Duan. 1984. Small shelly fossils from the Lower Cambrian Xihaoping Formation the Shennongjia district, Hubei Province - hyoliths and fossil skeletons of unknown affinities. Bulletin of the Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources 7:141-188 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Ambarchaeooides ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 541 Ma Cambrian | |
| Cambroclavus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 68 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian | |
| Cambrothyra ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 520 Ma Cambrian | |
| Deiradovclavus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Deltaclavus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 520 Ma Cambrian | |
| Isoclavus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Paracarinachites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 36 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 530 Ma Cambrian | |
| Pseudoclavus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 520 Ma Cambrian | |
| Sinoclavus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 520 Ma Cambrian | |
| Tanbaoites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 520 Ma Cambrian | |
| Zhijinites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 49 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 520 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1978 | Zhijinitidae Qian |
| 1979 | Cambroclavitidae Mambetov and Repina p. 122 |
| 1997 | Zhijinitidae Conway Morris et al. p. 172 |
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!
