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Vetulicolidae ✝
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Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Vetulicolia : Vetulicolida : Vetulicolidae | |||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 520 - 516 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 516 - 513 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Vetulicolia) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Vetulicolida) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Vetulicolia) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | X. L. Zhang and H. Hua. 2005. Soft-bodied fossils from the Shipai Formation, Lower Cambrian of the Three Gorge area, South China. Geological Magazine 142(5):1-11 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Vetulicola ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 29 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1999 | Vetulicolidae Hou and et al. |
2005 | Vetulicolidae Zhang and Hua p. 6 |
References
Zhang X. L., Hua H. (2005) Soft-bodied fossils from the Shipai Formation, Lower Cambrian of the Three Gorge area, South China, Geological Magazine 142 5, 1-11 |
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!