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Ptilodictyina ✝
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| Rank | suborder (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Cryptostomata : Ptilodictyina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 290 - 279 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Stenolaemata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Stenolaemata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Stenolaemata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Stenolaemata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. G. Astrova and I. P. Morozova. 1956. Systematics of Bryozoa of the order Cryptostomata. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 110:661-664 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Escharoporidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 103 | 470 Ma Middle Ordovician | 439 Ma Silurian | |
| Ptilodictyidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 205 | 468 Ma Middle Ordovician | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | |
| Rhinidictyidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 388 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | |
| Stictoporellidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 58 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | |
| Amurodictya ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Astrovidictya ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Chazydictya ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 37 | 468 Ma Middle Ordovician | 458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Goniotrypa ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Intrapora ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 28 | 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | |
| Junggarotrypa ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Phragmophera ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 290 Ma Permian | 290 Ma Permian | |
| Prophyllodictya ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1956 | Ptilodictyina Astrova and Morozova |
| 2005 | Ptilodictyina Bolton and Cuffey |
| 2009 | Ptilodictyina Jimenez Sanchez |
| 2010 | Ptilodictyina Jiménez-Sánchez et al. p. 695 |
| 2012 | Ptilodictyina Ernst and Nakrem |
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!
