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Etagraptus ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Hemichordata : Graptolithina : Dichograptidae : Etagraptus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 479 - 469 Ma Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 469 - 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | passively mobile (based on Graptoloida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Graptolithina) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Graptoloida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | sclero-protein (based on Graptolithina) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. A. Henderson. 1983. Early Ordovician faunas from the Mount Windsor Subrovince, northeastern Queensland. Association of Australasian Palaeontologists |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Etagraptus harti ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 469 Ma Middle Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1904 | Etagraptus Ruedemann |
1983 | Etagraptus Henderson |
References
Henderson R. A. (1983) Early Ordovician faunas from the Mount Windsor Subrovince, northeastern Queensland, Association of Australasian Palaeontologists |
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!