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Polyzoa
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Rank | unranked clade (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Polyzoa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5,225 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 853 (16%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 520 - 516 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Zrzavy, S. Mihulka, and P. Kepka, A. Bezdek, D. Tietz. 1998. Phylogeny of the Metazoa based on morphological and 18S ribosomal DNA evidence. Cladistics 14:249-285 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Bryozoa phylum | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Bryozoan | 28,709 | 488 Ma Cambrian | 0 Ma Extant |
Cycliophora phylum | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Entoprocta phylum | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2011 | Polyzoa Edgecombe et al. p. 153 figs. Fig. 1 |
2012 | Polyzoa Nielsen p. 195 figs. Fig. 23.1 |
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!