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Tschussovskenia connorsensis ✝
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Rank | species (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Stauriida : Lithostrotionidae : Tschussovskenia : Tschussovskenia connorsensis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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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) | W. H. Easton. 1960. Permian corals from Nevada and California. Journal of Paleontology 34:570-583 |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1960 | Lithostrotion (Diphyphyllum) connorsensis Easton p. 579 figs. 11-14 |
1962 | Diphyphyllum connorsensis Wilson and Langenheim p. 504 figs. Pl 86, figs 3,4 |
1991 | Diphyphyllum connorsensis Wilson p. 736 fig. 5.9,5.10 |
1994 | Diphyphyllum connorsensis Wilson p. 942 fig. 4.8,4.9 |
2007 | Tschussovskenia connorsensis Fedorowski et al. p. 147 |
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!