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Cloudinidae
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Cloudinidae | ||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 635 - 541 Ma Neoproterozoic | ||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Cloudinidae) | ||||||||||||||||||
Ecospace Comments | mud-sticker or epifaunal | ||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Cloudinidae) | ||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. Hahn and H. D. Pflug. 1985. Die Cloudinidae n. fam., Kalk-Röhren aus dem Vendium und Unter-Kambrium. Senckenbergiana lethaea 65(4-6):413-431 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Acuticloudina ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 516 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian | |
Cloudina ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 30 | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic | 507 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1985 | Cloudinidae Hahn and Pflug p. 415 |
2003 | Cloudinidae Kiessling |
2011 | Cloudinidae Wood |
References
Hahn G., Pflug H. D. (1985) Die Cloudinidae n. fam., Kalk-Röhren aus dem Vendium und Unter-Kambrium, Senckenbergiana lethaea 65 4-6, 413-431 |
Kiessling W. (2003) Personal data |
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!