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Dibunophyllum ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Aulophyllidae : Dibunophyllum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Stauriida : Aulophyllidae : Dibunophyllum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Dibunophyllum Thomson & Nicholson, 1876 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (4) 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 365 - 361 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 290 - 279 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Rugosa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Rugosa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Rugosa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Clisiophyllum bipartitum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dibunophyllum arachnoforme ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 331 Ma Carboniferous | 331 Ma Carboniferous | |
Dibunophyllum bipartitum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 38 | 339 Ma Carboniferous | 323 Ma Carboniferous | |
Dibunophyllum brucei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dibunophyllum inauditum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dibunophyllum moorei ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 315 Ma Carboniferous | 315 Ma Carboniferous | |
Dibunophyllum oklahomense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dibunophyllum oklahomensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dibunophyllum oregonensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dibunophyllum parvum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dibunophyllum perplexum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dibunophyllum texanum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dibunophyllum uddeni ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 304 Ma Carboniferous | 304 Ma Carboniferous | |
Dibunophyllum valeriae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1874 | Rodophyllum Thomson |
1876 | Dibunophyllum Thomson and Nicholson |
1956 | Dibunophyllum Hill |
1981 | Dibunophyllum Hill |
2002 | Dibunophyllum 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!