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Crepipora globulifera ✝
Description | Crepipora is an extinct genus of marine bryozoans belonging to the Ceramoporidae family. There are currently 18 collections from Belarus, Sweden, Canada, France and the United States (Missouri, Alabama, Ohio and Tennessee). It was first assigned to Cystoporata by Sepkoski in 2002. The fossil range is from the Middle Ordovician to the Upper Ordovician. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crepipora_globulifera, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Cystoporida : Ceramoporidae : Crepipora : Crepipora globulifera | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Cystoporata : Ceramoporidae : Crepipora : Crepipora globulifera | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Generic Name | Crepipora | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scientific Name | Crepipora globulifera Cullison, 1938 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 479 - 468 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 479 - 468 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Stenolaemata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Stenolaemata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Stenolaemata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Stenolaemata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. S. Cullison. 1938. Dutchtown fauna of southeastern Missouri. Journal of Paleontology 12(3):219-228 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crepipora_globulifera |
Fossil Distribution
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1938 | Crepipora globulifera Cullison pp. 222-223 figs. pl. 29 f. 1-3 |
References
Cullison J. S. (1938) Dutchtown fauna of southeastern Missouri, Journal of Paleontology 12 3, 219-228 |
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!