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Mawsonites ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mawsonites | |||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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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 (based on Mawsonites) | |||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Mawsonites) | |||||||||||||||
Diet | osmotroph (based on Mawsonites) | |||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | no hard parts (based on Mawsonites) | |||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | M. F. Glaessner and M. Wade. 1966. The late Precambrian fossils from Ediacara, South Australia. Palaeontology 9(4):599-628 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Mawsonites randellensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1966 | Mawsonites Glaessner and Wade pp. 607-608 figs. pl. 99, Fig. 1-2 |
2004 | Mawsonites Mayoral et al. p. 194 |
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!