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Marrella ✝
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Marrella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 513 - 505 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 513 - 501 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Marrella) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | detritivore (based on Marrella) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecospace Comments | LIFE HISTORY: Epifaunal vagrant deposit feeder (Caron & Jackson, 2008); nektobenthic on the basis of personal opinion (Lin, pers. comm.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | no hard parts (based on Marrella) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1912 | Marrella Walcott |
2002 | Marrella Sepkoski, Jr. |
2008 | Marrella Caron and Jackson p. 226 |
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!