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Lophotichium ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Cyathaxoniidae : Lophotichium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Stauriida : Lophotichiidae : Lophotichium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Lophotichium Moore & Jeffords, 1945 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Publ. Univ. Tex., no. 4401 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 318 - 315 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 279 - 272 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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Lophotichium amoenum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lophotichium densum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lophotichium dugoutense ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 290 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
Lophotichium improcerum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lophotichium rotundiseptum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 299 Ma Carboniferous | |
Lophotichium simulatum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 19 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 279 Ma Permian | |
Lophotichium vescum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1945 | Lophotichium Moore and Jeffords |
1956 | Lophotichium Hill |
1981 | Lophotichium Hill |
1987 | Lophotichium Fedorowski p. 144 |
2002 | Lophotichium 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!