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Cornulitidae ✝
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Tentaculita : Cornulitida : Cornulitidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 331 - 323 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Cornulitidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Tentaculita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Cornulitidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecospace Comments | ECOSPACE: 361. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Tentaculita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Conchicolites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 14 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 426 Ma Silurian | |
| Coralloconchus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 427 Ma Silurian | 427 Ma Silurian | |
| Cornulitella ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 345 Ma Carboniferous | 345 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Cornulites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 243 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 331 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Kolihaia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 431 Ma Silurian | 431 Ma Silurian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1962 | Cornulitidae Fischer |
| 1962 | Cornulitidae Fisher p. 136 |
| 2002 | Cornulitidae Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2007 | Cornulitidae Zhan and Vinn p. 105 |
| 2008 | Cornulitidae Vinn and Motus p. 410 |
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!
