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Lenastella aculeata ✝
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Rank | species (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Heteractinida : Octactinellida : Eiffeliidae : Eiffelia : Lenastella aculeata | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 520 - 516 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 520 - 516 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Heteractinida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Eiffelia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Heteractinida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Eiffelia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Heteractinida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | V. V. Missarzhevsky and A. M. Mambetov. 1981. Stratigrafiya i fauna pogranichnykh sloyev Kembriya i Dokembriya Malogo Karatau [Stratigraphy and fauna of the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary beds of the Malyy Karatau]. Trudy Ordena Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni Geologicheskiy Institut Akademiya NAUK SSSR 326:1-90 |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1981 | Lenastella aculeata Missarzhevsky and Mambetov |
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!