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Koksuja ✝
Source Data |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Tommotiida : Hyolithelminthes : Koksuja | ||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Hyolithelminthida : Koksuja | ||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Koksuja | ||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 520 - 516 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 516 - 513 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Hyolithelminthida) | ||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Hyolithelminthida) | ||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Hyolithelminthida) | ||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Hyolithelminthida) | ||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | V. V. Missarzhevsky and A. M. Mambetov. 1981. Stratigrafiya i fauna pogranichnykh sloyev Kembriya i Dokembriya Malogo Karatau [Stratigraphy and fauna of the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary beds of the Malyy Karatau]. Trudy Ordena Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni Geologicheskiy Institut Akademiya NAUK SSSR 326:1-90 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Koksuja costulifera ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1981 | Koksuja Missarzhevsky and Mambetov |
2002 | Koksuja 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!