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Clitambonoidea ✝
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| Rank | suborder (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Clitambonoidea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 472 - 468 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 468 - 464 Ma Middle Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Brachiopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Brachiopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. B. Neuman. 1964. Fossils in the Ordovician Tuffs Northeastern Maine, with a section on Trilobita by Harry B. Whittington. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1181(E):1-38 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Lacunarites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 468 Ma Middle Ordovician |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1934 | Clitambonoidea Opik |
| 1964 | Clitambonoidea Neuman |
References
| Neuman R. B. (1964) Fossils in the Ordovician Tuffs Northeastern Maine, with a section on Trilobita by Harry B. Whittington, United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1181 E, 1-38 |
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!
