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Palaeostomata ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | superorder (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Palaeostomata | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 320 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 89.3 - 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | A. Ernst, A. Jiménez-Sánchez, and L. Baidder. 2015. Bryozoan fauna of the Upper Ordovician (Katian) of Alnif, Morocco. Senckenberg Gesellschaft fur Naturforschung and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Cryptostomata ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 2,144 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Esthonioporata ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 33 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 290 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2014 | Palaeostomata Ma et al. |
2015 | Palaeostomata Ernst et al. |
References
Ernst A., Jiménez-Sánchez A., et al (2015) Bryozoan fauna of the Upper Ordovician (Katian) of Alnif, Morocco, Senckenberg Gesellschaft fur Naturforschung and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015 |
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!