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Wadeopsammia ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Dendrophylliidae : Wadeopsammia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | doubtful | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Wadeopsammia Wells, 1933 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Bull. Amer. Paleont., 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 72.1 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 72.1 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | microcarnivore, photosymbiotic (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. W. Wells. 1933. Corals of the Cretaceous of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains and Western Interior of the United States. Bulletins of American Paleontology 18(67):85-288 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Wadeopsammia nodosa ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1933 | Wadeopsammia Wells |
1956 | Wadeopsammia Wells p. F386 |
2002 | Wadeopsammia 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!