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Clisiophyllum ✝
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Stauriida : Aulophyllidae : Clisiophyllum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 439 - 431 Ma Silurian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 260 - 254 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Rugosa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Rugosa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Rugosa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Clisiophyllum banffense ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Clisiophyllum gabbi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 296 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian | |
Clisiophyllum geinitzii ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Clisiophyllum indicum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Clisiophyllum keyserlingi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 15 | 343 Ma Carboniferous | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
Clisiophyllum nordenskioldii ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Clisiophyllum oweni ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 296 Ma Permian | 296 Ma Permian | |
Clisiophyllum tumulus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 299 Ma Carboniferous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1846 | Clisiophyllum Dana |
1931 | Clisaxophyllum Grabau |
1940 | Clisiaxophyllum Lang et al. |
1956 | Clisiophyllum Hill |
1981 | Clisiophyllum Hill |
2002 | Clisiophyllum Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!