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Machaeridia
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| Rank | unranked clade (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Phyllodocida : Machaeridia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Machaeridia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Polychaeta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | grazer (based on Machaeridia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecospace Comments | LIFE HISTORY: Surficial, fully motile slow, grazing according to Bambach et al (2007). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Hercolepadida ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Lepidocoleomorpha ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 331 Ma Carboniferous | 331 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Turrilepadomorpha ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 443 Ma Silurian | 439 Ma Silurian | |
| Ambonlepidos ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Aulakolepos ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Deltacoleus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Mojczalepas ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Plicacoleus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Plumulites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 31 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Cuniculepadida ✝ unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 49 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 331 Ma Carboniferous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1916 | Turrilepadida Pilsbry |
| 1992 | Machaeridia Adrain p. 24 |
| 2002 | Machaeridia Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2002 | Turrilepadida Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2008 | Machaeridia Vinther et al. |
| 2019 | Machaeridia Parry et al. p. 4 fig. 4 |
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!
