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Lichenariida ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | order (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Lichenariida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 443 - 433 Ma Silurian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | J. W. Murray. 1985. Atlas of invertebrate macrofossils. The Palaeontological Association (Longman) |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Lichenariidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 54 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Lyoporidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 201 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 443 Ma Silurian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1985 | Lichenariida Murray |
References
Murray J. W. (1985) Atlas of invertebrate macrofossils, The Palaeontological Association (Longman), 1-241 |
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!