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Moltkia ✝
Description |
From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moltkia, 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 : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Alcyonacea : Isididae : Moltkia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Gorgonacea : Moltkia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Moltkia Steenstrup & Forchammer, 1846 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Ber. Vers. Dtsch. Nat. u. Aertze (Kiel) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 34.3 - 27.3 Ma Paleogene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Gorgonacea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Gorgonacea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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/Moltkia |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Isis foveolata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Moltkia advena ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 34.3 Ma Eocene | 34.3 Ma Eocene | |
Moltkia foveolata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Moltkia minuta ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2002 | Moltkia 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!