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Ausia ✝
| Description | Ausia may refer to From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ausia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Source Data |
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| Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Ausia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Ausia Hahn & Pflug, 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Geol Palaeontol 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 635 - 541 Ma Neoproterozoic | ||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 635 - 541 Ma Neoproterozoic | ||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary | ||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | osmotroph, suspension feeder | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | no hard parts | ||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ausia |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Ausia fenestrata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1985 | Ausia Hahn and Pflug |
| 2002 | Ausia Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2011 | Ausia Erwin et al. pp. SOM 16 |
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!
