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Protoconodontida ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | order (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chaetognatha : Protoconodontida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 541 - 530 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 501 - 497 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Chaetognatha) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Chaetognatha) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Amphigeisina ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 31 | 530 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian | |
Ganloudina ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 530 Ma Cambrian | |
Gapparodus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 14 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
Glauderia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 530 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian | |
Kijacus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 520 Ma Cambrian | |
Paracanthodus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 541 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1995 | Protoconodontida Landing |
2002 | Protoconodontida Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560 |
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!