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Laticornus ✝
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Hyolitha : Hyolithida : Laticornus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 520 - 516 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 516 - 513 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Hyolitha) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Hyolithida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Hyolitha) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Hyolithida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Hyolithida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | V. V. Missarzhevsky and A. M. Mambetov. 1981. Stratigrafiya i fauna pogranichnykh sloyev Kembriya i Dokembriya Malogo Karatau [Stratigraphy and fauna of the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary beds of the Malyy Karatau]. Trudy Ordena Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni Geologicheskiy Institut Akademiya NAUK SSSR 326:1-90 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Laticornus curtus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1981 | Laticornus Missarzhevsky and Mambetov |
2002 | Laticornus Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!