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Cloudina ✝
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Cloudinidae : Cloudina | |||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 635 - 541 Ma Neoproterozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 507 - 505 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | inner shelf,marine (based on Cloudina) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Cloudina) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Cloudina) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Cloudina) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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Cloudina carinata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic | |
Cloudina hartmanae ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic | |
Cloudina hartmannae ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 9 | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic | 541 Ma Cambrian | |
Cloudina lucianoi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic | |
Cloudina ningqiangensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic | |
Cloudina xuanjiangpingensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1972 | Cloudina Germs |
1985 | Cloudina Hahn and Pflug p. 421 |
2002 | Cloudina Sepkoski, Jr. |
2020 | Cloudina Yang et al. p. 7 |
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!