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Tetradiida ✝
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| Rank | order (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Tetradiida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 446 - 443 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Tetradiida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Tetradiida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder, photosymbiotic (based on Tabulata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecospace Comments | Mineralogy based on Wendt (1989) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Tetradiida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. W. Murray. 1985. Atlas of invertebrate macrofossils. The Palaeontological Association (Longman) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Paleoalveolitidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Tetradiidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 28 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1936 | Tetradiida Okulitch |
| 1985 | Tetradiida Murray p. 32 |
References
| Murray J. W. (1985) Atlas of invertebrate macrofossils, The Palaeontological Association (Longman), 1-241 |
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!
