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Paliurus ✝
Description | Paliurus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rhamnaceae. The eight species are native to warm, dry regions of Eurasia and North Africa from Morocco and Spain east to Japan and Taiwan. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paliurus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Paliurus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Serpulimorpha : Paliurus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Paliurus Gabb, 1876 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1876 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 59.2 - 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 38.0 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine,brackish (based on Serpulimorpha) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, epibiont (based on Serpulimorpha) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Polychaeta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Serpulimorpha) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite, aragonite (based on Serpulimorpha) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paliurus |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Paliurus elegans species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Paliurus pentangulatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Paliurus triangularis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2002 | Paliurus 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!