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Haplosphaeronis ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Diploporita : Sphaeronitidae : Haplosphaeronis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 461 - 456 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 445 - 443 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Diploporita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Diploporita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Diploporita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Haplosphaeronis bratterudensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
Haplosphaeronis kiaeri ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Haplosphaeronis oblonga ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 8 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Haplosphaeronis proiciens ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1926 | Haplosphaeronis Jaekel |
1945 | Haplosphaeronis Regnéll |
1984 | Haplosphaeronis Bockelie |
2002 | Haplosphaeronis 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!