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Favositida ✝
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| Rank | order (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Favositida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 501 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 472 - 461 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 235 - 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Tabulata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder, photosymbiotic (based on Tabulata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Tabulata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | S. Niko. 2005. Wuchiapingian (Late Permian) Tabulate Corals from the Maizuru Group in the Yakuno Area, Kyoto Prefecture. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Series C 31:31-38 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Alveolitina ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | 1,322 | 443 Ma Silurian | 260 Ma Permian | |
| Favositina ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | 2,183 | 470 Ma Middle Ordovician | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Thamnoporina ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | |
| Favositidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2,968 | 470 Ma Middle Ordovician | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Lamottiidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 468 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Trachyporidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | |
| Dendropora ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 13 | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 269 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1937 | Favositida Wedekind |
| 1964 | Favositida Klaamann |
| 1988 | Favositida Edwards |
| 2003 | Favositida Kiessling |
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!
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