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Anchicodium ✝
Source Data |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Chlorophyta : Ulvophyceae : Bryopsidales : Codiaceae : Anchicodium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Chlorophyta : Bryopsidophyceae : Bryopsidales : Codiaceae : Anchicodium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Anchicodium J.H.Johnson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 323 - 307 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 269 - 265 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | lagoonal,coastal,inner shelf,marine,brackish,freshwater (based on Chlorophyta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Bryopsidales) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | photoautotroph (based on Bryopsidales) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Bryopsidales) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | Y. S. Wu. 1991. Organisms and Communities of Permian Reef of Xiangbo, China |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Anchicodium expressum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 269 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1946 | Anchicodium Johnson |
1991 | Anchicodium Wu p. 123 |
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!