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Schizophorites ✝
Source Data |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Favositidae : Schizophorites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Favositida : Schizophoritidae : Schizophorites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Schizophorites Gerth, 1921 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Palaeont. Timor, 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 296 - 290 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 265 - 260 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Tabulata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder, photosymbiotic (based on Tabulata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Tabulata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | H. Gerth. 1922. Der palaeontologische Charakter der Anthozoën-fauna des Perm von Timor. Jaarboek van het Mijnwezen Nederlandsch Oost-Indie 49:1-32 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Schizophorites dubiosus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Schizophorites xizangensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 269 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1922 | Schizophorites Gerth p. 17 |
1981 | Schizophorites Hill |
2001 | Schizophorites Niko p. 26 |
2002 | Schizophorites 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!