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Protowentzelella cystosa ✝
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| Rank | species (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Stauriida : Kleopatrinidae : Protowentzelella : Protowentzelella cystosa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 299 - 296 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 290 - 279 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Rugosa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Rugosa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Rugosa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Fedorowski, E. W. Bamber, and C. H. Stevens. 2007. Lower Permian colonial rugose corals, western and northwestern Pangaea: taxonomy and distribution | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1936 | Thysanophyllum cystosum Dobrolyubova |
| 1960 | Lithostrotion (Thysanophyllum) princeps Easton p. 576 fig. 5,6 |
| 1962 | Sciophyllum mulleri Wilson and Langenheim p. 513 figs. Pl 88, figs 9-11 |
| 1962 | Thysanophyllum princeps Wilson and Langenheim p. 514 figs. Pl 89, figs 1,2 |
| 2007 | Protowentzelella cystosa Fedorowski et al. p. 112 |
| 2008 | Protowentzelella cystosa Stevens p. 1047 fig. 5.2,5.4 |
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!
