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Synaptellidae ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Holothuroidea : Synaptellidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 164 - 157 Ma Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 164 - 157 Ma Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Holothuroidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Holothuroidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | detritivore (based on Holothuroidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | M. Deflandre-Rigaud. 1962. Contribution à la connaissance des sclérites d'holothurides fossiles. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Série C 11:1-123 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Spandelites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Synaptellus ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1962 | Synaptellidae Deflandre-Rigaud p. 83 |
References
Deflandre-Rigaud M. (1962) Contribution à la connaissance des sclérites d'holothurides fossiles, Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Série C 11, 1-123 |
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!