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Maruia ✝
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Lingulata : Acrotretida : Maruia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 497 - 485 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 497 - 485 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Acrotretida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Lingulata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Acrotretida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Acrotretida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | I. G. Percival, Y. Y. Zhen, and J. E. Simes, R. A. Cooper. 2014. Furongian (late Cambrian) brachiopods and associated conodonts from the Takaka Terrane in the Springs Junction - Maruia area, South Island, New Zealand. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 45:55-70 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Maruia castellum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 497 Ma Cambrian | 497 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2014 | Maruia Percival et al. pp. 67 - 68 |
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!