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Mafangscolex ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Palaeoscolecida : Cricocosmida : Palaeoscolecidae : Mafangscolex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 530 - 520 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 516 - 501 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Palaeoscolecida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | S.-X. Hu. 2005. Taphonomy and Palaeoecology of the Early Cambrian Chengjiang Biota from Eastern Yunnan, China. Berliner Paläobiologische Abhandlungen 7:1-197 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Mafangscolex sinensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 36 | 530 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2005 | Mafangscolex Hu p. 182 figs. pl. 17, figs. 1-9 |
References
Hu S.-X. (2005) Taphonomy and Palaeoecology of the Early Cambrian Chengjiang Biota from Eastern Yunnan, China, Berliner Paläobiologische Abhandlungen 7, 1-197 |
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!