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Nectocaris ✝
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Nectocarididae : Nectocaris | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 520 - 516 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 513 - 505 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Nectocaris) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Nectocaris) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecospace Comments | Pelagic, fully motile fast, predator (Bambach et al., 2007). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | S. Conway Morris. 1976. Nectocaris pteryx, a new organism from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Mittheilungen 12:703-713 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Nectocaris pteryx ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian | |
Petalilium latus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1976 | Nectocaris Conway Morris |
1979 | Vetustovermis Glaessner |
1999 | Petalium Luo and Hu |
2002 | Nectocaris Sepkoski, Jr. |
2002 | Vetustovermis Sepkoski, Jr. |
2005 | Vetustovermis Chen et al. p. 2007 |
Year | Name and Author |
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2007 | Nectocaris Bambach et al. p. S83 |
2010 | Nectocaris Smith and Caron pp. 469 - 471 |
2010 | Petalilium Smith and Caron p. 469 |
2010 | Vetustovermis Smith and Caron p. 469 |
2013 | Nectocaris Smith |
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!