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Argodiscus ✝
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Edrioasteroidea : Pyrgocystidae : Argodiscus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 478 - 470 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 478 - 470 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached, epibiont (based on Edrioasteroidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Edrioasteroidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Edrioasteroidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. Prokop. 1965. Argodiscus hornyi gen. n. et sp. n. (Edrioasteroidea) from the Middle Ordovician of Bohemia and a contribution to the ecology of the edrioasteroids. Časopis Národního Muzea, Oddíl Přírodovědný 134:30-32 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Argodiscus espilezorum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
Argodiscus hornyi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1965 | Argodiscus Prokop |
2002 | Argodiscus Sepkoski, Jr. |
2011 | Argodiscus Sumrall and Zamora p. 435 |
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!