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Diffingiina ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | suborder (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Stauriida : Diffingiina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 299 - 296 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 279 - 272 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. 1985. Diffingiina, a new suborder of the rugose corals from SW Texas. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 30:209-240 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Diffingiidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 68 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 279 Ma Permian | |
Plerodiffiidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 296 Ma Permian | 290 Ma Permian |
References
Fedorowski J. (1985) Diffingiina, a new suborder of the rugose corals from SW Texas, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 30, 209-240 |
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!