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Tuboidea ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | order (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Hemichordata : Graptolithina : Tuboidea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 466 - 464 Ma Middle Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 419 - 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Tuboidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Graptolithina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Tuboidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | sclero-protein (based on Graptolithina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Calycotubus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Conitubus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Cyclograptus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 433 Ma Silurian | 433 Ma Silurian | |
Discograptus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Epigraptus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Fasciculitubus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Galeograptus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 439 Ma Silurian | 439 Ma Silurian | |
Kozlowskitubus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Parvitubus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Reticulograptus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 15 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Tubidendrum ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1938 | Tuboidea Kozlowski |
2002 | Tuboidea Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560 |
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!