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Ascodictyon ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Gymnolaemata : Ctenostomatida : Ascodictyidae : Ascodictyon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Gymnolaemata : Ctenostomata : Ascodictyidae : Ascodictyon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Ascodictyon Nicholson & Etheridge, 1877 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (4) 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 408 - 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 345 - 343 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Bryozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Gymnolaemata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Bryozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite, aragonite (based on Gymnolaemata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Ascodictyon floreale species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ascodictyon nebraskensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ascodictyon parvulum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ascodictyon sparsum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2002 | Ascodictyon Sepkoski, Jr. |
2006 | Ascodictyon Bock |
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!