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Arenicolites ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Arenicolites | |||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 635 - 541 Ma Neoproterozoic | |||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. Hantzschel. 1975. Miscellanea. Supplement 1. Trace Fossils and Problematica. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Arenicolites carbonaria ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Arenicolites longistriatus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 318 Ma Carboniferous | 318 Ma Carboniferous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1857 | Arenicolites Salter p. 204 |
1975 | Arenicolites Hantzschel |
2005 | Arenicolites Rindsberg and Kopaska-Merkel p. 127 |
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!